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Salto

American  
[sahl-taw] / ˈsɑl tɔ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.


Salto British  
/ ˈsalto /

noun

  1. a port in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River. It is Uruguay's second largest city. Pop: 105 000 (2005 est)

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“Everything is very quiet,” said Susana Guerrero, owner of a shop that sells cheese and sweets in Salto.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Salto de Castro has been abandoned for more than three decades.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2022

So we hiked an hour through a mossy forest to the Salto do Prego waterfall, and after climbing to the rapids above the falls, I jumped into a rocky pool to cool off.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

If it feels like sheer coincidence, the sort of thing that could not — would not — happen again, that is not quite how they see it in Salto, Uruguay.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

Our attendant priest told us, with an earnest credulity that was very touching, the story of Maria del Salto, Mary of the Leap, whose history was staring at us from the wall.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John