Salisbury

Meaning

Proper Noun

• cathedral city Wiltshire (county) England (constituent country).
• city/and/northern suburb city, Adelaide South Australia (state).
• village New South Wales (state) Australia (country).
• suburb city, Brisbane Queensland (state) Australia (country).
• village Westmorland County (county) New Brunswick (province) Canada (country).
• town on the west coast of Dominica (country).
• town Litchfield County (county) Connecticut (state) USA (country).
• city, county seat Wicomico County (county) Maryland (state) USA (country).
• small coastal town/and/census-designated place Essex County (county) Massachusetts (state) USA (country).
• city Chariton County (county) Missouri (state).
• town Merrimack County (county) New Hampshire (state).
• town Herkimer County (county) New York (state).
• hamlet/and/CDP Nassau County (county) New York (state).
• city, county seat Rowan County (county) North Carolina (state).
• borough Somerset County (county) Pennsylvania (state).
• town Addison County (county) Vermont (state).
• , the capital city of Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia).

Origin

• From Middle English Sarisberie, from Old English Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu via folk etymology + byriġ, burh, partial translation of Latin Sorvioduni, Sorbiodoni, from *Sorvio-, *Sorbio- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom.
• Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh + burh.