Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: shrews-bury
IPA: /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4912).

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A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009.

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A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.

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A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

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A hamlet in Portland parish, Jamaica.

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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”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Sċrobbesburh

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/
British English: /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/

Phrases

Shrewsbury cake

Questions

How do you pronounce shrewsbury?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/.
What does shrewsbury mean?: A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4912).
Where does shrewsbury come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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