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Salerno

American  
[suh-lair-noh, -lur-, sah-ler-naw] / səˈlɛər noʊ, -ˈlɜr-, sɑˈlɛr nɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.


Salerno British  
/ saˈlɛrno /

noun

  1. a port in SW Italy, in Campania on the Gulf of Salerno : first medical school of medieval Europe. Pop: 138 188 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Salerno will present the study, "County-Level Temperature-Attributable Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the U.S.," on Monday, March 30, at 9:30 a.m.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Every customer on earth is going to demand a refund on their tariffs,’” Salerno said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Italian skipper Elio Persico, 32, was sentenced by a Salerno judge to four years and nine months in jail after requesting a plea bargain, lawyer Liberato Mazzola told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Reflecting on his reaction, Salerno said: “Why did it stop, if there were two? Were both of them in custody? Did one kill the other? Who knows?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

Madame Trote de Salerno used her ears as a handkerchief and let her eyebrows hang down behind her shoulders, like silver chains.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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