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Salernum
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Latin
Etymology
Possibilities include:
One of the cities' la ett - nicknames, as it was originally colonized by Etruscans.The History of Etruria. (1843). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 394
From an la itc - (possibly la osc -) derivative of la ine-pro *sḗh₂l salt, as the colony was on the coast.DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
From a Mediterranean la qfa-sub - und *sala channel, with the suffix -ern- typical of substrate names.UTET
Proper noun
Salernum<2.loc>
la town c/Italy Salerno
Declension
Salernum<2.loc>
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