Salop

//ˈsæləp// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of saloop. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.

Synonyms

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shropsshrops

Etymology

From Latin Salopia Salopesberia (“Shrewsbury”) or Salopescira (“Shropshire”), the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”).

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