Shrewsbury

English

/ˈʃɹuːzbɹɪ/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (large market town/county town in Shropshire).
  • (small hamlet in Chatham Kent).
  • (ghost town in the township of Gore).
  • (hamlet in Portland Parish).
  • (declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County).
  • (former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish).
  • (sizable town in Worcester County).
  • (city in St. Louis County).
  • (borough in eastern Monmouth County).
  • (unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township).
  • (borough in York County).
  • (town in Rutland County).
  • (census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County).
  • An English earldom.

Etymology

Derived from Old English Sċrobbesburh (fort in the scrubland region).

Origin

Old English

Sċrobbesburh

Gloss

fort in the scrubland region

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