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Salopian

UK/səˈləʊ.pɪən/

Salopian noun: a person from Shropshire.

Noun

Salopian (plural Salopians)

  1. A person from Shropshire.
    • I […] find her Recorded a SALOPIAN, and that the good Town of SHREWSBURY boasts the Honour of her Birth.1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section I
  2. A pupil of Shrewsbury School

Adjective

Salopian (comparative more Salopian, superlative most Salopian)

  1. (UK) of or from Shropshire
  2. (Shropshire, UK) of or from Shrewsbury
    • the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter

Salopian meaning in Bengali

Salopian in Bengali

শ্রপশায়ার সংক্রান্ত, সেখানকার বাসিন্দা, শ্রিউসবারি সংক্রান্ত

Forms of Salopian

Noun
pluralSalopians
Adjective
comparativemore Salopian
superlativemost Salopian

Origin of Salopian

From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.

Questions about Salopian

What does Salopian mean?
Salopian means a person from Shropshire.
What is Salopian in Bengali?
Salopian in Bengali is শ্রপশায়ার সংক্রান্ত, সেখানকার বাসিন্দা, শ্রিউসবারি সংক্রান্ত. See Salopian meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Salopian?
Salopian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Salopian?
Salopian is pronounced /səˈləʊ.pɪən/ (UK).
What is the plural of Salopian?
The plural of Salopian is Salopians.

Words near Salopian in the dictionary

  1. salop
  2. salopettes
  3. salophen
  4. salophene
  5. salophenes
  6. Salopian
  7. Salopians
  8. salops
  9. salorthid
  10. salorthidic
  11. salorthids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Salopian (page history and authors); Salopian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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