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Salt Lake City
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English
Etymology
Named after the Great Salt Lake.
Proper noun
salt lake city
en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Utah>>, <<c/USA>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Salt Lake County>>.
en w:Associated Press Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/utah-fluoride-drinking-water 2025-03-28 Out of the 484 Utah water systems that reported data in 2024, only 66 fluoridated their water, an Associated Press analysis showed. The largest was the state’s biggest city, Salt Lake City. https://web.archive.org/web/20250418100559/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/utah-fluoride-drinking-water
en figuratively metonymy The leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From its headquarters in Salt Lake City.
en August 23, 2017 felixfabulous Great post . . . https://wheatandtares.org/2017/08/23/a-year-of-living-biblically-and-cafeteria-mormonism/#comment-164373 Add to that many of these rules are customs, misinterpretations of things early leaders said or policy recommendations from Salt Lake. https://web.archive.org/web/20260102231549/https://wheatandtares.org/2017/08/23/a-year-of-living-biblically-and-cafeteria-mormonism/ 2 January 2026
en April 10, 2022 Jed Woodworth See How the Church Changed in Remarkable ‘Saints 3’ https://www.fromthedesk.org/saints-volume-3/ Could Smoot be trusted to cast votes according to his conscience? Or would he secretly be taking directions from Salt Lake City? https://web.archive.org/web/20250407005901/https://www.fromthedesk.org/saints-volume-3/ 7 April 2025
en January 2025 'American Primeval' fact-check https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/home-page/current-events/fact-check-american-primeval . . . the event was orchestrated by local leaders acting without consultation or approval from Salt Lake City. https://web.archive.org/web/20260309083129/https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/home-page/current-events/fact-check-american-primeval 9 March 2026
en April 7, 2025 Rick B Marion D. Hanks: A Voice to Be Heard https://wheatandtares.org/2025/04/07/marion-d-hanks-a-voice-to-be-heard/ In the early days, even ordaining missionaries required approval from Salt Lake City, which became unsustainable as the Church grew. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008143208/https://wheatandtares.org/2025/04/07/marion-d-hanks-a-voice-to-be-heard/ 8 October 2025
Descendants
nl Sweet Lake City <qq:partial borrowing> 1
nv Sooléí 1
Translations
capital city of Utah, United States of America
Arabic: ar سولت ليك سيتي f sūlt līk sītī, ar سولت ليك sūlt līk
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 盐湖城
Danish: da Salt Lake City
Dutch: nl Salt Lake City n, nl Salt Lake-stad n
Esperanto: eo Sallaga Urbo
French: fr Salt Lake City f, fr Salt Lake
Georgian: ka სოლტ-ლეიკ-სიტი
German: de Salt Lake City n
Greek: el Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι
Hopi: hop Soʼlengki
Japanese: ja ソルトレイク・シティ Sorutoreiku shiti, ja ソルトレーク・シティ Sorutorēku shiti
Korean: ko 솔트레이크시티
Latin: la Urbs Lacus Salsi
Macedonian: mk Солт Лејк Сити
Manx: gv Ard-Valley y Logh Sailjey m
Marathi: mr सॉल्ट लेक सिटी n
Navajo: nv Sooléí
Russian: ru Солт-Лейк-Сити