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salem

/ˈseɪləm/

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What does salem mean?

proper noun

  1. The biblical place ruled by Melchizedek; mostly identified with Jerusalem.
  2. The capital city of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County.
  3. A city, the county seat of Fulton County, Arkansas.
More meanings (19)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas.
  2. A census-designated place in Saline County, Arkansas.
  3. A town in New London County, Connecticut.
  4. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Illinois.
  5. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Indiana.
  6. A city in Massachusetts, United States and one of the two county seats of Essex County; the site of infamous witch-hunts, trials and executions in 1692.
  7. A city, the county seat of Dent County, Missouri.
  8. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  9. A city, the county seat of Salem County, New Jersey.
  10. A city, the county seat of McCook County, South Dakota.
  11. An independent city, the county seat of Roanoke County, Virginia.
  12. An unincorporated community and former town, now in Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
  13. A number of townships, listed under Salem Township.
  14. A municipality of Stockholm, Sweden.
  15. A town in Montserrat, which was evacuated and later resettled.
  16. A female given name from Hebrew.
  17. A town and district in Tamil Nadu, India.
  18. A male given name from Arabic.
  19. A surname from Arabic.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈseɪləm/

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Magnifying his office, he immediately began making a great stir in Salem and in the country round about.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
We stopped over the Sabbath at Salem, and attended worship in the neat little church of that pleasant village.
S. H. (Samuel H.) HammondWild Northern Scenes; Or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the RodProject Gutenberg ebook #10009
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If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
A short walk brought us--I mean the Master and me--to Salem House, which was enclosed with a high brick wall, and looked very dull.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
A pole was set up at the front of the hall, supporting the end of a telegraph wire that ran from Salem to Boston.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819