Glastonbury

/ˈɡlæstənbɹi/ name

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  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).
  2. 2
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).; The Glastonbury Festival.
  3. 3
    A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  4. 4
    A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
  5. 5
    A rural town in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Etymology

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, from Old English Glæstingaburg, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byrg (“fort”).

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