a city in S Australia: an industrial suburb of N Adelaide. Pop: 118 422 (2006)
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a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
Ancient name: Sarum. Official name: New Sarum
Salisbury in British English2
(ˈsɔːlzbərɪ, -brɪ)
noun
Robert Gascoyne Cecil (ˈɡæskɔɪn), 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. 1830–1903, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1885–86; 1886–92; 1895–1902). His greatest interest was in foreign and imperial affairs
Salisbury in American English1
(ˈsɔlzˌbɛrɛ; ˈsɔlzbəri; ˈsælzˌbɛrɛ; ˈsælzbəri)
3d Marquess of(Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil) 1830-1903; Eng. statesman: prime minister (1885-1902)
Salisbury in American English2
(ˈsɔlzˌbɛri; ˈsɔlzbəri; ˈsælzbəri)
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city in Wiltshire, SC England: noted for its 13th-cent. cathedral: county district pop. 105,000