Definitions for salisburyˈsɔlzˌbɛr i, -bə ri, -bri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Salis•bur•yˈsɔlzˌbɛr i, -bə ri, -bri(n.)

  1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of, 1830–1903, British prime minister 1885–86, 1886–92, 1895–1902.

    Category: Biography

  2. Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: former name of Harare.

  3. a city in Wiltshire, in S England: cathedral. 109,800.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Harare, Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe(noun)

    the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe

Wiktionary

  1. Salisbury(ProperNoun)

    A city in Wiltshire, England.

  2. Salisbury(ProperNoun)

    A town in Maryland, USA.

  3. Salisbury(ProperNoun)

    The former name of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Salisbury

    a cathedral city, and capital of Wiltshire, 84 m. WSW. of London; the cathedral, founded in 1225, and frequently added to and restored, is one of the finest specimens of Early English architecture; has a number of other interesting old buildings—churches, almshouses, inns, an endowed school, &c.; agriculture is the staple industry; also called New Sarum, and a mile to the N. is the half-obliterated site of Old Sarum, with many interesting historical associations; while round the neighbourhood sweeps the wide, undulating, pastoral Salisbury Plain, with its Druidical circle of Stonehenge (q. v.).


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