Salento
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English
Etymology
From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”).
Proper noun
Salento
- A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.
References
- Mario Cosmai, Antichi toponimi di Puglia e Basilicata, Levante, 1991.
