Glastonbury

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Glastonbury

/ˈɡlɑːstənbɹi/ UK
/ˈɡlɑːstənbəɹi/ UK
/ˈɡlæstənbɹi/ US
/ˈɡlæstənbəɹi/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).
The Glastonbury Festival. Part of his appeal - apart from those insidiously catchy songs - is his everyman persona. He looks and dresses like a fan on the train home from Glastonbury, rather than one of the festival's headliners.
Similar: Glasto
A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
A rural town in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abbey, glaston, stogumber, street, ston easton, shepton mallet, wanstrow, gillingham, ilminster, thornbury, westbury-sub-mendip, wincanton, langport, frome, stringston, witham friary

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name town in Somerset, South West England

Español	Glastonbury
한국어	글래스톤베리 Geullaeseutonberi
日本語	グラストンベリー gurasutonbarī
Français	Glastonbury
Italiano	Glastonbury
Ελληνικά	Γκλάστονμπερι Gklástonmperi
العربية	غلاستونبري ġlāstūnbrī

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Glastonbury. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glastonbury

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@misc{glastonbury_2026,
  title = {Glastonbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glastonbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}