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'''Thurso'''<ref name="note1">[[Ordnance Survey]] [[British national grid reference system|grid reference]] for Thurso: {{gbmappingsmall|ND116683}}</ref> ({{lang-sco|Thursa}},<ref>[http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names%20in%20Scots%20-%20Places%20in%20Scotland Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots]</ref> {{lang-gd|Inbhir Theòrsa}})<ref name=aaa>[http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=162 Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland]</ref> is a [[Towns of the United Kingdom|town]] and former [[burgh]] on the north coast of the [[Highland (council area)|Highland council area]] of [[Scotland]]. It is the northernmost town on the British mainland. At the 2001 Census, Thurso had a population of about 9,000.
The name comes from [[Old Norse]] ''Thjórsá'',<ref name=aaa/> meaning "Bull's River".<ref name="note2">''The Celtic Placenames of Scotland'', Watson</ref> Historically, it is one of two burghs within the [[Counties of Scotland|county]] of [[Caithness]]. It lies at the junction of the north-south [[A9 road]] and the west-east [[A836 road]], connected to [[Bridge of Forss]] in the west and [[Castletown, Highland|Castletown]] in the east.
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