What does "salisbury" mean?
A surname.
Salisbury
/ˈsɑlz.bɛɹ.i/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A surname.
- Grammar: salisbury is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: beef patty dish, city, county town, family name.
- Useful contrasts: countryside, foreign, given name.
- Usage evidence: I made too many Salisbury steaks.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430). countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A place in Australia:; A northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A place in Australia:; A local government area in Adelaide, Australia; in full, the City of Salisbury. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A place in Australia:; A village in New South Wales. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A place in Australia:; A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; A place in Canada countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; A place in Canada:; A town and civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A town on the west coast of Dominica. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A small city in Chariton County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 15 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. countable, uncountable
- 16 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Herkimer County, New York. countable, uncountable
- 17 A placename:; A place in the United States:; 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. countable, uncountable
- 18 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 19 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A small borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 20 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Addison County, Vermont. countable, uncountable
- 21 A placename:; A place in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Salisbury Township. countable, uncountable
- 22 A placename:; Former name of Harare: the capital city of Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe. countable, historical, uncountable
Synonyms
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Example
"I made too many Salisbury steaks."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "salisbury"?
Common synonyms include: beef patty dish, city, county town, family name, last name, local.
How do you use "salisbury" in a sentence?
I made too many Salisbury steaks.
How do you pronounce "salisbury"?
Pronounced /ˈsɑlz.bɛɹ.i/.
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.