Salisbury.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
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 placename: A place in the United Kingdom: A former local government district in Wiltshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Wiltshire unitary authority.
A placename: A place in Australia: A northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
A placename: A place in Australia: A local government area in Adelaide, Australia; in full, the City of Salisbury.
A placename: A place in Australia: A village in New South Wales.
A placename: A place in Australia: A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.
A placename: A place in Canada
A placename: A place in Canada: A town and civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
A placename: A town on the west coast of Dominica.
A placename: A place in the United States: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
A placename: A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland.
A placename: A place in the United States: A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
A placename: A place in the United States: A small city in Chariton County, Missouri.
A placename: A place in the United States: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
A placename: A place in the United States: A town in Herkimer County, New York.
A placename: A place in the United States: A large hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York; despite being a hamlet, it had 12,093 people in the 2010 census.
A placename: A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina.
A placename: A place in the United States: A small borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A place in the United States: A town in Addison County, Vermont.
A placename: A place in the United States: A number of townships, listed under Salisbury Township.
A placename: Former name of Harare: the capital city of Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe.
Where this word comes from
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.
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