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Salem definition

Sa·lem (sā′ləm)

  1. Etymology: after Biblical place name: see Gen. 14:18, Ps. 76:2

    capital of Oreg., in the NW part, on the Willamette River: pop. 137,000

  2. Etymology: after the Biblical Salem

    city in NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay: suburb of Boston: pop. 40,000
  3. city in N Tamil Nadu state, S India: pop. 367,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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