Salento
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Salento
- A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.
References
[edit]- Mario Cosmai, Antichi toponimi di Puglia e Basilicata, Levante, 1991.
