Salop
See also: salop
English
Etymology
From Latin Salopia Salopesberia or Salopescira, the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”).
Proper noun
Salop
- An old name for Shropshire and the official name for the county between 1974 and 1980, still occasionally used in postal addresses.
Further reading
Salop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Salop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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