Salopian

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UK/səˈləʊ.pɪən/

noun

A person from Shropshire.

“the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter”

OriginAnglo-Norman Salopesberia ← Old English Scrobbesbyrig →
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Meanings

nounSalopian (plural Salopians)

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
adjectiveSalopian (comparative more Salopian, superlative most Salopian)

comparative more Salopian · superlative most Salopian

  1. UKof or from Shropshire
  2. ShropshireUKof or from Shrewsbury

    the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter

Origin

  1. Old EnglishScrobbesbyrig“Shropshire”
  2. Anglo-NormanSalopesberia
  3. EnglishSalopian

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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