Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern India southwest of Chennai. It is a trade center with an important textile industry.
- A city of northeast Massachusetts northeast of Boston. Founded in 1626, it is noted as the site of witchcraft trials (1692) and of Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables.
- The capital of Oregon, in the northwest part of the state on the Willamette River south-southwest of Portland. Founded c. 1840 by Methodist missionaries, it became territorial capital in 1851 and state capital in 1859.
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- proper noun The place of which
Melchizedek was king, mostly identified withJerusalem . - proper noun Cities and other locations named for the Biblical place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southern India
- noun a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
- noun capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
Etymologies
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Examples
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SALEM: Public Works Department (PWD) has decided to construct check dams at 8 places in Salem and Namakkal districts.
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SALEM/NAMAKKAL: Heavy downpour did not dampen the sprit of Independence Day in Salem district as various institutions and fora hoisted the National tri-colour amid patriotic fervour and celebrated with cultural events on Sunday.
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SALEM: Under the Sarva Shisya Abhiyaan, poor students from Salem and Namakkal districts were taken on a free education trip to Chennai, Kancheepuram and Mamallapuram.
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(SALEM, Ore.) - We at KWVT 17.1 & KSLM 27.1 here in Salem have had several people call asking for more information and instead of contacting each we have decided to post this information to all.
Salem-News.com 2010
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SALEM: Under the Sarva Shisya Abhiyaan, poor students from Salem and Namakkal districts were taken on a free education trip to Chennai, Kancheepuram and Mamallapuram.
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► WINDER-BARROW 3, SALEM 2: At Conyers, Salem kept the Bulldoggs at bay for the first four innings, not allowing a hit.
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SALEM, SC - A drive down S.C. 11 in Oconee County will lead a traveler to Salem, a rural town where roads wind and wind, and where pavement will suddenly give way to dirt paths that lead to tucked-away houses.
Anderson Independent Mail Stories Nikie Mayo 2010
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SALEM, SC - A drive down S.C. 11 in Oconee County will lead a traveler to Salem, a rural town where roads wind and wind, and where pavement will suddenly give way to dirt paths that lead to tucked-away houses.
Anderson Independent Mail Stories Nikie Mayo 2010
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► WINDER-BARROW 3, SALEM 2: At Conyers, Salem kept the Bulldoggs at bay for the first four innings, not allowing a hit.
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SALEM: Under the Sarva Shisya Abhiyaan, poor students from Salem and Namakkal districts were taken on a free education trip to Chennai, Kancheepuram and Mamallapuram.
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