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Noun: Salem  sey-lum
  1. A city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
     
  2. A city in southern India
     
  3. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
    - capital of Oregon

Derived forms: Salems

Type of: city, metropolis, state capital, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Bay State, Beaver State, Bharat, Hindustan, India, MA, Mass., Massachusetts, Old Colony, OR, Ore., Oregon, Republic of India

Encyclopedia: Salem, Oklahoma