noun

• A topographic or habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name.
• A number of places in the United States:
• A city in Los Angeles County, California.
• A city in Alachua County, Florida.
• A township in White County, Illinois.
• An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Iowa.
• An eastern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
• A northern neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• A census-designated place, the county seat of Mineral County, Nevada.
• A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey.
• A census-designated place in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
• A district of Portland, Oregon, named after James C. Hawthorne.
• A neighbourhood in south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• A neighbourhood in north-west Washington, D.C.
• A town and unincorporated community therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
• Former name of Cicero, Illinois.
• An eastern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.