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Salem

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Noun

1. capital of oregon, salem

capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River

2. salem

a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692

3. salem

a city in southern India

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Salem

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noun
1. 
a city in S India, in Tamil Nadu: textile industries. Pop: 693 236 (2001)
2. 
a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Atlantic: scene of the execution of 19 people after the witch hunts of 1692. Pop: 42 067 (2003 est)
3. 
a city in the NW USA, the state capital of Oregon: food-processing. Pop: 142 914 (2003 est)
4. 
an Old Testament name for Jerusalem (Genesis 14:18; Psalms 76:2)
Jerusalem

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Salem

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1. 
capital of Oreg., in the NW part, on the Willamette River: pop. 137,000
2. 
city in NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay: suburb of Boston: pop. 40,000
3. 
city in N Tamil Nadu state, S India: pop. 367,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Salem

see synonyms of salem
1. A city of southern India southwest of Chennai. It is a trade center with an important textile industry.
2. A city of northeast Massachusetts northeast of Boston. Founded in 1626, it is noted as the site of witchcraft trials (1692) and of Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables.
3. The capital of Oregon, in the northwest part of the state on the Willamette River south-southwest of Portland. Founded c. 1840 by Methodist missionaries, it became territorial capital in 1851 and state capital in 1859.

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