Salopia

From the first element of Old French Salopesberie (“Shrewsbury”) and Salopescira (“Shropshire”) + -ia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈɫɔ.pi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈlɔː.pi.a]

Salopia f sg (genitive Salopiae); first declension

1. Shrewsbury
2. Shropshire

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Note: locative would apply to its use meaning Shrewsbury only, not Shropshire.

• Salopiēnsis

• Salop

• J. G. Th. Graesse, Orbis Latinus Dresden: Schönfeld, 1861; 1909. Brunswick, 1972, 3 vol. 1 2 3 Vol III p61