Solomon

English

Etymology

From Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (Shlomo), from שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsɑləmən/, X-SAMPA: /"sAl@m@n/

Proper noun

Solomon

1. In the Old Testament and Quran, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 1 Kings 4:34:

     And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

2. A male given name.

Translations

king of Israel

• Arabic: سليمان (ar) (sulaymaan) m
• Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon)
• Catalan: Salomó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所羅門 (cmn), 所罗门 (cmn) (Suǒluómén)

• Czech: Šalamoun (cs) m
• Danish: Salomo (da)
• Estonian: Saalomon (et)
• Finnish: Salomo (fi)
• French: Salomon (fr)
• German: Salomo (de)
• Greek: Σολομών (el) (Solomōn) m
• Hawaiian: Solomona
• Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) (Shlomo) m

• Hindi: सुलेमान (hi) (Sulemān)
• Hungarian: Salamon (hu)
• Italian: Salomone (it)
• Japanese: ソロモン (ja) (Soromon)
• Korean: 솔로몬 (ko) (Sollomon)
• Latin: Salomon (la)
• Macedonian: Соломон (mk) (Sólomon)
• Malay: Sulaiman (ms)
• Norwegian: Salomo (no)
• Russian: Соломон (ru) (Solomón) m
• Spanish: Salomón (es)
• Swedish: Salomo (sv)
• Turkish: Süleyman (tr)

male given name

• Catalan: Salomó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所羅門 (cmn), 所罗门 (cmn) (Suǒluómén)

• Finnish: Salomo (fi), Salomon (fi)
• Hawaiian: Kolomona

• Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (he) (Shlomo) m
• Hungarian: Salamon (hu)
• Malay: Sulaiman (ms), Suleman (ms), Leman (ms)
• Turkish: Süleyman (tr)

Noun

Solomon (plural Solomons)

1. A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of about 20 liters, equivalent to 28 standard bottles.

See also

• Solomon Islands