salta
noun
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
salta
1 American
[sal-tuh, sawl-]
/ ˈsæl tə, ˈsɔl- /
noun
Salta
2
American
[sahl-tah]
/ ˈsɑl tɑ /
noun
Salta
British
/ ˈsalta /
noun
Etymology
Origin of salta
1900–05; < German Salta < Latin saltā, 2nd-person singular imperative of saltāre to leap; see saltant
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A phrase later made famous by Marx in the Eighteenth Brumaire in the variant form Hie Rhodus, hie salta.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Schleiermacher, thus exploring the obscure region of the immediate consciousness, or of the aesthetic fact, can almost be heard crying out to his straying contemporaries: Hic Rhodus, hi salta!
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
Show in this case, that you are his worthy disciple hic Rhodus, hic salta!
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
"Somewhere along this trajectory, there's a kind of decision point," Salta explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Even so, Salta cautions that these ideas remain hypotheses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Rincon project in Salta Province targets 60,000 tons a year of battery-grade lithium carbonate capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Some contestants, like Las Vegas-based magician TJ Salta, have used their time on stage to spread messages of unity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
White says that in Salta “this bird frequents the gardens in the vicinity of the houses, where it vigorously pursues the ants amongst the branches of the trees.”
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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