# Truro

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtɹʊəɹ.oʊ/ · frequency rank #37,745

## Definitions
1. A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
2. A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A town in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
8. A town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.

## Etymology
Perhaps from Cornish try (“three, very”) + berow (“a boiling”), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.

## Easily confused with
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-tur)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-turn)
- **turf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-turf)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-turk)
- **turd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-turd)
- **trust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-trust)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-truth)
- **turbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-turbo)
- **truss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truro-vs-truss)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tru-vs-truro)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/true-vs-truro)
- **tour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tour-vs-truro)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trio-vs-truro)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toro-vs-truro)
- **taro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-truro)
- **trump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trump-vs-truro)
- **truly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truly-vs-truro)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/truck-vs-truro)
- **Tours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tours-vs-truro)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trunk-vs-truro)

## Common misspellings (7)
`rturo`, `trruo`, `trruro`, `truor`, `trurro`, `ttruro`, `turro`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truro