Salento

English

Etymology

From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”).

Proper noun

Salento

1. A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.

References

• Mario Cosmai, Antichi toponimi di Puglia e Basilicata, Levante, 1991.

Further reading

• Salento on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alonest, etalons, lean-tos, loanest, tolanes