Salo

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned uncountable

    "[…] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.
  2. 2
    A town in Lombardy, Italy.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Salo Republic. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Example

More examples

"Salo is the Ukrainian cured pork fat and is the ultimate national food of Ukraine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Italian Salò.

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