Salop
See also: salop
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Salopia Salopesberia or Salopescira, the former a corruption of Old French Slopesberie (“Shrewsbury”).
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- Salop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Salop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.