Salop

See also: salop

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Salop

1. 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.

Anagrams

• POLSA, OLAPs, opals, Alsop, Opals, apols, SAPOL