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

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

Synonyms

(the Glastonbury Festival): Glasto

Derived terms

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

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