Standard Lemma guide

salo

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A town in Lombardy, Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of Salo Republic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Italian Salò.

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

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Italian: Salò — Town
  • Italian: Repubblica di Salò — Republic
  • Arabic: سَالُو (sālū) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Armenian: ճարպ (čarp) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Armenian: սալ (sal) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Armenian: ճարպայուղ (čarpayuġ) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Azerbaijani: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Belarusian: са́ла (sála) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Belarusian: салані́на (salanína) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Bulgarian: слани́на (slanína) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Carpathian Rusyn: солони́на (solonýna) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩洛 /萨洛 (sàluò) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Chuvash: сало (salo) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Chuvash: ҫукан (śuk̬an) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Chuvash: ҫукань (śuk̬anʹ) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Chuvash: ҫуканӗ (śuk̬anĕ) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Czech: sádlo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Dolgan: һыа (hıa) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Finnish: läski — non-rendered pig fat
  • Finnish: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • French: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Georgian: ქონი (koni) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Georgian: ძგიფი (ʒgipi) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Georgian: სალა (sala) — non-rendered pig fat
  • German: Salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Hebrew: סאלו (salo) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Hungarian: szalonna — non-rendered pig fat
  • Japanese: サーロ (sāro) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Kashubian: sadło — non-rendered pig fat
  • Korean: 살로 (sallo) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Latvian: sālīts speķis — non-rendered pig fat
  • Lithuanian: lašiniai — non-rendered pig fat
  • Eastern Mari: коя (koja) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Polish: sadło — non-rendered pig fat
  • Polish: słonina — non-rendered pig fat
  • Portuguese: toicinho — non-rendered pig fat
  • Portuguese: toucinho — non-rendered pig fat
  • Portuguese: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Romanian: slănină — non-rendered pig fat
  • Russian: са́ло (sálo) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̏ло — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: сла̀нина — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: сапу̀њара — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȁlo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: slànina — non-rendered pig fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: sapùnjara — non-rendered pig fat
  • Slovak: sadlo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Slovene: sálọ — non-rendered pig fat
  • Slovene: slanína — non-rendered pig fat
  • Lower Sorbian: sadło — non-rendered pig fat
  • Upper Sorbian: sadło — non-rendered pig fat
  • Spanish: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Turkish: yağ — non-rendered pig fat
  • Turkish: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Tuvan: чаг (çag) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Ukrainian: са́ло (sálo) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Ukrainian: солони́на (solonýna) — non-rendered pig fat
  • Uzbek: salo — non-rendered pig fat
  • Uzbek: moy — non-rendered pig fat
  • Uzbek: yogʻ — non-rendered pig fat
  • Vietnamese: mỡ muối — non-rendered pig fat
  • Vietnamese: mỡ — non-rendered pig fat
  • Vietnamese: mỡ chài — non-rendered pig fat
  • Yakut: сыа (sïa) — non-rendered pig fat