Salisbury
Meanings
- A surname.
- 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).
- A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority.
- A place in Australia:
- A northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
- A local government area in Adelaide, Australia; in full, the City of Salisbury.
- A village in New South Wales.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.
- A place in Canada
- A place in Canada:
Pronunciation
Word forms
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.