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Etymology 1
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- (Idaho, river): named after the fish, salmon
Proper noun
Salmon (countable and uncountable, plural Salmons)
- A surname.
- A placename
- A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
- Ellipsis of Salmon River.
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Etymology 2
From Hebrew שַׂלְמוֹן (salmown).
Proper noun
Salmon
- The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).
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