Salmon

See also: salmon and salmón

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Salmen

Etymology 1

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• (Idaho, river): named after the fish, salmon

Proper noun

Salmon (countable and uncountable, plural Salmons)

1. A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
   2. Ellipsis of Salmon River.

Derived terms

• Salmond

 

Descendants

• Translingual: Salmonella

See also

• Burton Salmon

 

Etymology 2

From Hebrew שַׂלְמוֹן (salmown).

Proper noun

Salmon

1. The father of Boaz by Rahab; the son of Nahshon (biblical figure).

Anagrams

• Almons, Lamson, Lomans, Malson, Sloman, monals