Shrewsbury

English Etymology From en ang Sċrobbesburh fort in the scrubland region, from ang *sċrob shrub, scrub + ang burh. Compare Shropshire from ang Sċrobbesċīr, short form of ang Sċrobbesbyriġsċīr Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr shire of Shrewsbury. Pronunciation Only for the town in England: en /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/ /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shrewsbury.wav Southern England en /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/ /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/ GA For all other places: en /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/ RP en /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/ GA Proper noun en large market town/county town co/Shropshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ4912. en 24 August 2017 Ben Godfrey: Shrewsbury Town sign Norwich City midfielder on loan until January https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41037247 BBC Sport League One side Shrewsbury Town have signed Norwich City central midfielder Ben Godfrey on loan until January. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074700/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41037247 en cpar with a town council which includes the town in co/Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009. Parish map (England) en small hamlet mun:suf/Chatham-Kent south-western p/Ontario c/Canada. en ghost town twp:suf/Gore rcomun/Argenteuil p/Quebec c/Canada. en hamlet par/Portland c/Jamaica. en number of places c/USA: en declining rural unincorporated community co/Grayson County s/Kentucky. en former unincorporated community par/Jefferson Parish s/Louisiana ; suburb city/New Orleans. en town co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts en city co/St. Louis County s/Missouri ; inner suburb city/St. Louis. en twp co/Monmouth County s/New Jersey, which has shrunk in size since 1693. en borough in eastern co/Monmouth County s/New Jersey, formed in 1926 from the township. TopoZone: Shrewsbury, New Jersey en ucomm twp:Suf/Upper Freehold in southwestern co/Monmouth County s/New Jersey. en estuary co/Monmouth County s/New Jersey c/USA. en borough in co/York County s/Pennsylvania. en Three <<townships>> in <<s/Pennsylvania>>, in <<co/Lycoming County>>, <<co/Sullivan County>> and <<co/York County>>. en town co/Rutland County s/Vermont. en CDP/and/ucomm co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia. An English earldom. Derived terms en Shrewsbury cake Translations town in Shropshire, England Arabic: ar شروزبري shruzibri Armenian: hy Շրուսբերի Bulgarian: bg Шрусбъри Chinese: Cantonese: yue 梳士貝利 Mandarin: cmn 什魯斯伯里//什鲁斯伯里 Shílǔsībólǐ Gujarati: gu શ્રૂસ્બ્રી Hebrew: he שרוסברי Hindi: hi श्रूस्ब्री Irish: ga Sriúsbaire f Japanese: ja シュルーズベリー Kannada: kn ಶ್ರೂಸ್ಬ್ರೀ Korean: ko 슈루즈베리 Lao: lo ຊຣຸສບຶຣີ Latin: la Salopia Lithuanian: lt Šrousberis, lt Šrusberis Marathi: mr श्रूझब्री Old English: ang Sċrobbesburh Persian: fa شروزبری Russian: ru Шрусбери Serbo-Croatian: sh Шрузбери Thai: th ชรุสบึรี Ukrainian: uk Шрусбері Urdu: ur شروزبری Welsh: cy Amwythig f, cy Yr Amwythig f References en terms suffixed with -bury