Salem
pronunciation
How to pronounce Salem in British English:
UK ['seɪləm]
How to pronounce Salem in American English:
US ['seɪləm]
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- Noun:
- capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
- a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
- a city in southern India
Word Origin
- Salem
- place mentioned in Gen. xiv:18, from Hebrew Shalem, usually said to be another word for Jerusalem and to mean "peace" (compare Hebrew shalom, Arabic salaam). Common as a Baptist and Methodist meetinghouse name, so much so that by mid-19c. it (along with Bethel and Ebenezer) had come to be used in Britain generically to mean "non-conformist chapel."
Example
- 1. Witches were burned at stake in salem
- 2. Among the merchants who took the lead in the china trade were john jacob astor of new york , stephen girard of philadelphia , and elias hasket derby of salem .
- 3. Analyst paul salem of the beirut-based carnegie center for peace in the middle east describes the logistical achievement of concluding the new iraqi-u. s.military pact .
- 4. So , from st. petersburg , russia to salem , oregon , tour the world in images of everyday existence . -- Paula nelson ( 38 photos total )
- 5. After three rallies and two more to go in new hampshire , barack obama relaxes on his campaign bus traveling from derry to salem