Shrewsbury

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

Only for the town in England:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/, /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/, /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

For all other places:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

Shrewsbury

1. A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
2. A small hamlet in Chatham Kent, in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
3. A ghost town in the township of Gore, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
4. A hamlet in Portland Parish, Jamaica.
5. A declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky.
6. A former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; suburb of New Orleans.
7. A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
8. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri; inner suburb of St. Louis.
9. A borough in eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
10. An unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township, in southwestern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
11. A borough of York County, Pennsylvania.
12. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
13. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
14. An English earldom.

• Shrewsbury cake