Shrewsbury

English

Etymology

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

Pronunciation

Only for the town in England:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/, /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/, /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

For all other places:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

Proper noun

Shrewsbury

1. A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
2. A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009.
3. A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.
4. A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
5. A hamlet in Portland parish, Jamaica.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky.
   2. A former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; suburb of New Orleans.
   3. A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   4. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri; inner suburb of St. Louis.
   5. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, which has shrunk in size since 1693.
   6. A borough in eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey, formed in 1926 from the township.
   7. An unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township, in southwestern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
   8. An estuary in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
   9. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
   10. Three townships in Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County, Sullivan County and York County.
   11. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
   12. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
7. An English earldom.

Derived terms

• Shrewsbury cake

Translations

town in Shropshire, England

• Armenian: Շրուսբերի (Šrusberi)
• Bulgarian: Шрусбъри (Šrusbǎri)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 梳士貝利／梳士贝利

  Mandarin: 什魯斯伯里

• Gujarati: શ્રૂસ્બ્રી (śrūsbrī)
• Hebrew: שרוסברי
• Hindi: श्रूस्ब्री (śrūsbrī)
• Japanese: シュルーズベリー
• Kannada: ಶ್ರೂಸ್ಬ್ರೀ (śrūsbrī)
• Korean: 슈루즈베리 (syurujeuberi)
• Lao: ຊຣຸສບຶຣີ (sa rut bư rī)
• Latin: Salopia
• Lithuanian: Šrousberis, Šrusberis
• Marathi: श्रूझब्री (śrūjhabrī)
• Old English: Sċrobbesburh
• Persian: شروزبری
• Russian: Шрусбери (Šrusberi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Шрузбери
• Thai: ชรุสบึรี
• Ukrainian: Шрусбері (Šrusberi)
• Urdu: شروزبری
• Welsh: Amwythig f, Yr Amwythig f