Glastonbury

Meanings

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).
1. The Glastonbury Festival.
  Part of his appeal - apart from those insidiously catchy songs - is his everyman persona. He looks and dresses like a fan on the train home from Glastonbury, rather than one of the festival's headliners.
  2026 September 16, Mark Savage, “How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career”, in BBC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2026
  Synonyms: Glasto
A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
A rural town in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

proper nounThe Glastonbury Festival.

Similar

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, from Old English Glæstingaburg, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byrg (“fort”).

More words from Old English

Afrikaans Glastonbury

Arabic غلاستونبري

Dutch Glastonbury

French Glastonbury

Greek Γκλάστονμπερι

Italian Glastonbury

Japanese グラストンベリー

Korean 글래스톤베리

Latin Glastonia

Spanish Glastonbury

Cite this entry

APA

Glastonbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury

MLA

“Glastonbury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glastonbury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury.