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salop

/ˈsæləp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
sa-lop
IPA
/ˈsæləp/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.

noun

Alternative form of saloop.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin Salopia Salopesberia (“Shrewsbury”) or Salopescira (“Shropshire”), the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Salopia, Slopesberie

Usage

Inflected Forms

salops (plural)

Homonyms

salep

Questions

How do you pronounce salop?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæləp/.
What does salop mean?
An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.
Where does salop come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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