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Shrewsbury

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/

The English word “Shrewsbury” has 7 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.
  2. A declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky.
  3. A borough in eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey, formed in 1926 from the township.
  4. An unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township, in southwestern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  5. An estuary in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
  6. Three townships in Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County, Sullivan County and York County.
  7. An English earldom.

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”).

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