Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salo

/sˈɑloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
sa-lo
IPA
/sˈɑloʊ/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

name

A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.

name

A town in Lombardy, Italy.

name

Ellipsis of Salo Republic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: са́ло, *sadlo, Salò

Usage

Inflected Forms

Salò (alternative)

Rhymes With

follow hollow swallow apollo gonzalo wallow rollo malo ruffalo garofalo calo manalo

Questions

How do you pronounce salo?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɑloʊ/.
What does salo mean?
a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
Where does salo come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce salo

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