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Salts

proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue

A surname from Yiddish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Yiddish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of Saltplural of Salt

Forms

plural
Saltses
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