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Definition of Salerno

1. Noun. A battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943.

Definition of Salerno

1. Proper noun. A province of Campania, Italy. ¹

2. Proper noun. A town, the capital of Salerno. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Salerno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"After a pilgrimage ty-nine years, Constantine, an African Christian, returned Bagdad, a master of the language and learning of the us ; and salerno was ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the death of Guiscard his states were divided: salerno was inherited by Roger, who was succeeded (1111) by his son William; at the latter's death salerno ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the death of Guiscard his states were divided; salerno was inherited by Roger, who was succeeded (1111) by his eon William; at the latter's death salerno ..."

4. Réflexions sur l'espèce en histoire naturelle, 1842 by Hans Falkenhagen, Ronald Percy Bell, Norman Holt Hartshorne, Alan Stuart, Eric John Holmyard, Alexander Moritzi, Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"The fortification of salerno on the sea-coast was doubt- BK. ix. less significant of this altered attitude of Benevento .—^— towards Constantinople. ..."

5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"The fortification of salerno on the sea-coast was doubtless significant of this altered attitude of Benevento towards Constantinople. ..."

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