Salisbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒlz.bɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɔːlz.bɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɔːz.bɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɑlz.bɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈsɔlz-/
ipa: /-bəɹi/
Forms: form: Salisburys
Etymology: From Middle English Saresbury, from Old English *Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu (“armor”) via folk etymology + byriġ, burh (“stronghold”), partial translation of British Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum, from *sorwjo-, *sorbjo- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom (“a stream”)) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh (“willow”) + burh (“stronghold”).
The naming of the village in New Brunswick is not entirely certain. It may be named after explorer John Salusbury (1707 - 1762) or after Salisbury in England.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after the village.
The former capital of Rhodesia was named after Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) who served three times as Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430).
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A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority.
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A northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
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A local government area in Adelaide, Australia; in full, the City of Salisbury.
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A village in New South Wales.
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A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.
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A town and civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
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A town on the west coast of Dominica.
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A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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A city, the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland.
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A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
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A small city in Chariton County, Missouri.
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A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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A town in Herkimer County, New York.
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A large hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York; despite being a hamlet, it had 12,093 people in the 2010 census.
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A city, the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina.
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A small borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
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A town in Addison County, Vermont.
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A number of townships, listed under Salisbury Township.
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Former name of Harare: the capital city of Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe.
Derived terms: Salisbury Plain
Salisbury steak