Salo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "salo"

English

Alternative forms

• Salò

Etymology

From Italian Salò.

Proper noun

Salo

1. A placename
   1. A town in Lombardy, Italy
   2. Ellipsis of Salo Republic.

Translations

Town

• Italian: Salò

Republic

• Italian: Repubblica di Salò

Anagrams

• ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, also, loas, soal, sola

Finnish

Etymology

From salo, in place names in its obsolete meaning "a wooded island". The surname was also adopted by many families at the turn of the 20th century, interpreted as "wild forest".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧lo

Proper noun

Salo

1. a Finnish surname from landscape
2. (uncountable) A town and municipality on the southwest coast of Finland.
3. Any of a number of small places in Finland.

Declension

• (town): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Salo" is Salossa.

Inflection of Salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Salo	Salot
genitive		Salon	Salojen
partitive		Saloa	Saloja
illative		Saloon	Saloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Salo	Salot
accusative	nom.	Salo	Salot
	gen.	Salon
genitive		Salon	Salojen
partitive		Saloa	Saloja
inessive		Salossa	Saloissa
elative		Salosta	Saloista
illative		Saloon	Saloihin
adessive		Salolla	Saloilla
ablative		Salolta	Saloilta
allative		Salolle	Saloille
essive		Salona	Saloina
translative		Saloksi	Saloiksi
abessive		Salotta	Saloitta
instructive		—	Saloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Saloni Saloni accusative nom. Saloni Saloni gen. Saloni genitive Saloni Salojeni partitive Saloani Salojani inessive Salossani Saloissani elative Salostani Saloistani illative Salooni Saloihini adessive Salollani Saloillani ablative Saloltani Saloiltani allative Salolleni Saloilleni essive Salonani Saloinani translative Salokseni Saloikseni abessive Salottani Saloittani instructive — — comitative — Saloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Salosi Salosi accusative nom. Salosi Salosi gen. Salosi genitive Salosi Salojesi partitive Saloasi Salojasi inessive Salossasi Saloissasi elative Salostasi Saloistasi illative Saloosi Saloihisi adessive Salollasi Saloillasi ablative Saloltasi Saloiltasi allative Salollesi Saloillesi essive Salonasi Saloinasi translative Saloksesi Saloiksesi abessive Salottasi Saloittasi instructive — — comitative — Saloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Salomme Salomme accusative nom. Salomme Salomme gen. Salomme genitive Salomme Salojemme partitive Saloamme Salojamme inessive Salossamme Saloissamme elative Salostamme Saloistamme illative Saloomme Saloihimme adessive Salollamme Saloillamme ablative Saloltamme Saloiltamme allative Salollemme Saloillemme essive Salonamme Saloinamme translative Saloksemme Saloiksemme abessive Salottamme Saloittamme instructive — — comitative — Saloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Salonne Salonne accusative nom. Salonne Salonne gen. Salonne genitive Salonne Salojenne partitive Saloanne Salojanne inessive Salossanne Saloissanne elative Salostanne Saloistanne illative Saloonne Saloihinne adessive Salollanne Saloillanne ablative Saloltanne Saloiltanne allative Salollenne Saloillenne essive Salonanne Saloinanne translative Saloksenne Saloiksenne abessive Salottanne Saloittanne instructive — — comitative — Saloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Salonsa Salonsa accusative nom. Salonsa Salonsa gen. Salonsa genitive Salonsa Salojensa partitive Saloaan Saloansa Salojaan Salojansa inessive Salossaan Salossansa Saloissaan Saloissansa elative Salostaan Salostansa Saloistaan Saloistansa illative Saloonsa Saloihinsa adessive Salollaan Salollansa Saloillaan Saloillansa ablative Saloltaan Saloltansa Saloiltaan Saloiltansa allative Salolleen Salollensa Saloilleen Saloillensa essive Salonaan Salonansa Saloinaan Saloinansa translative Salokseen Saloksensa Saloikseen Saloiksensa abessive Salottaan Salottansa Saloittaan Saloittansa instructive — — comitative — Saloineen Saloinensa

Derived terms

• salolainen

 

Related terms

• Salomaa
• Salonen
• Salovaara

Descendants

• → English: Salo
• → Swedish: Salo

Statistics

• Salo is the 21^st most common surname in Finland, belonging to 12,677 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Further reading

Salo (täsmennyssivu) on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Anagrams

• Laos, olas, sola

Latin

Etymology

View of the river

Bascuas derived the river name from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“flowing water”), a variant of *ser- (“to flow”), an example of Old European hydronymy. Compare the cognates listed at Latvian sala (“island”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.loː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lo/, [ˈsäːlo]

Proper noun

Salō m sg (genitive Salōnis); third declension

1. A river in Hispania Tarraconensis that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Salō
genitive	Salōnis
dative	Salōnī
accusative	Salōnem
ablative	Salōne
vocative	Salō

References

• “Sălo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Salo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Salo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly