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salo

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.
  2. a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
    uncountable
  3. A town in Lombardy, Italy.
  4. Ellipsis of Salo Republic.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Españolsalo
Françaissalo
DeutschSalo
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Examples

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Salo Republic Salog salogen salol salol-camphor Salome

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