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salo

salo noun: a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned.

Noun

salo (uncountable)

  1. a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
    • […] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.2009 January 31, Michael Schwirtz, “Russia and Cuba Take Steps to Revive a Bond”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Salo

Salo

  1. A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.
  2. A town in Lombardy, Italy.
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Salo Republic.

salo meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

salo in Arabic

non-rendered pig fat
سَالُو sālū

salo in Vietnamese

non-rendered pig fat
mỡ muối, mỡ, mỡ chài

Forms of salo

alternative formSalò

Origin of salo

From Russian са́ло (sálo) or Ukrainian са́ло (sálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.

From Italian Salò.

Phrases with salo

Questions about salo

What does salo mean?
Salo means a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned.
What is salo in Arabic?
Salo in Arabic is سَالُو (sālū). See Salo meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is salo?
Salo can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near salo in the dictionary

  1. salms
  2. salmycin
  3. SALN
  4. salnatron
  5. salnomycin
  6. salo
  7. Salo Republic
  8. Salog
  9. salogen
  10. salogens
  11. salol

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