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Salento

Salento proper noun: a small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.

Proper noun

Salento

  1. A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.

Origin of Salento

From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”).

Words formed from Salento

Questions about Salento

What does Salento mean?
Salento means a small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.
What part of speech is Salento?
Salento is a proper noun.

Words near Salento in the dictionary

  1. salempores
  2. Salems
  3. Salenger
  4. salenixon
  5. Salentine
  6. Salento
  7. salep
  8. saleps
  9. saler
  10. saleratus
  11. saleratuses

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