Glastonbury

English

Etymology

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byriġ (“fort”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːstənbɹi/, /ˈɡlɑːstənbəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæstənbɹi/, /ˈɡlæstənbəɹi/

Proper noun

Glastonbury

1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).
   1. The Glastonbury Festival.
2. A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
3. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
4. A rural town in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms

• (the Glastonbury Festival): Glasto

Derived terms

• Glastonbury chair
• Glastonbury thorn

 

Translations

town in Somerset, South West England

• Afrikaans: Glastonbury
• Arabic: غلاستونبري (ġlāstūnbrī)
• Armenian: Գլաստոնբերի (Glastonberi), Գլասթոնբերիի (Glastʻonberii)
• Dutch: Glastonbury n
• French: Glastonbury (fr)
• Galician: Glastonbury
• Greek: Γκλάστονμπερι (Gklástonmperi)
• Italian: Glastonbury
• Japanese: グラストンベリー (gurasutonbarī)
• Korean: 글래스톤베리 (Geullaeseutonberi)
• Latin: Glastonia f
• Spanish: Glastonbury