Salisbury

English thumb|Salisbury Cathedral, in England Etymology From en enm Saresbury, from en ang *Searesbyriġ, ang Searobyriġ, ang Searoburh, from ang searu armor via folk etymology + ang byriġ, ang burh stronghold, partial translation of British en la Sorviodūnum, la Sorbiodōnum, from cel-pro *sorwjo-, cel-pro *sorbjo- of unknown en cel origin, possibly ultimately from en ine-pro *srew- to flow (compare en cel-pro *srutom a stream) + en cel-pro *dūnom stronghold. Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from ang sealh willow + ang 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. Pronunciation en /ˈsɒlz.bɹi/ /ˈsɔːlz.bɹi/ /ˈsɔːz.bɹi/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Salisbury.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Salisbury.wav UK en /ˈsɑlz.bɛɹ.i/ /ˈsɔlz-/ /-bəɹi/ US Proper noun ~ s en. A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: en Q160642en cathedral city/and/cpar with a city council in co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU1430. Parish map (England) en A <<former>> local government <<district>> in <<co/Wiltshire>>, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the en Wiltshire unitary authority. en place c/Australia: en Q3945542en northern suburb city/Adelaide s/South Australia. en Q947334en lgarea in city/Adelaide c/Australia the City of Salisbury. en locality in the carea/Dungog eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en Q7404732en suburb city/Brisbane s/Queensland. en place c/Canada: en Q3469820en town/and/civil parish co/Westmorland County p/New Brunswick. en Q3555054en town on the west coast of c/Dominica. en place c/USA: en Q2323182en town co/Litchfield County s/Connecticut. en Q755566en city/county seat co/Wicomico County s/Maryland. TopoZone: Salisbury, Maryland en Did Salisbury University Professors Offer Students Extra Credit For Protesting Jared Taylor Event? Delmarva Times https://delmarvatimes.com/did-salisbury-university-professors-offered-students-extra-credit-for-protesting-jared-taylor-event/ 2026-05-01 Colin McEvers, Chair of the College Republicans, hosted an event at Salisbury University featuring guest speaker Jared Taylor. https://web.archive.org/web/20260507170750/https://delmarvatimes.com/did-salisbury-university-professors-offered-students-extra-credit-for-protesting-jared-taylor-event/ en Q2002947en coastal town/and/CDP co/Essex County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Salisbury, Massachusetts en Q960104en small city co/Chariton County s/Missouri. en Q2417187en town co/Merrimack County s/New Hampshire. en Q7404728en town co/Herkimer County s/New York. en Q3452261en large hamlet/and/CDP co/Nassau County s/New York ; despite being a hamlet, it had 12,093 people in the 2010 census. en Q2028813en city/county seat co/Rowan County s/North Carolina. TopoZone: Salisbury, North Carolina en Q740788en small borough in co/Somerset County s/Pennsylvania. en Q1896512en town co/Addison County s/Vermont. en A number of <<townships>>, listed under Salisbury Township. en Q3921en historical en @former name of:Harare capital city c/Rhodesia now called x/Zimbabwe. Derived terms en Salisbury Beach Salisbury Center Salisbury Plain Salisbury Plains Salisbury steak Salisbury West Translations city in England Amharic: am ሳልዝብሪ Arabic: ar سالزبوري Egyptian Arabic: arz سولسبرى Armenian: hy Սոլսբերի Bengali: bn সল্‌স্‌বারি Bulgarian: bg Солсбъри Chinese: Cantonese: yue 梳士巴利 Mandarin: cmn 索爾茲伯里 Suǒ'ěrzībólǐ Finnish: fi Salisbury Galician: gl Salisbury m German: de Salisbury Greek: el Σόλσμπερι Hebrew: he סולסברי Japanese: ja ソールズベリー Korean: ko 솔즈베리 Latin: la Sarisberia f, la Sarisburgum, la Sarum Latvian: lv Solsberi Lithuanian: lt Solsberis Marathi: mr सॉल्झब्री Mazanderani: mzn سالزبری Middle English: enm Saresbury, enm Salesbury Old English: ang Searoburg Persian: fa سالیسبری Polish: pl Salisbury n Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb سالسبری Russian: ru Со́лсбери m Thai: th ซอลส์บรี Ukrainian: uk Солсбері Urdu: ur سالسبری Welsh: cy Caersallog f References en eponyms