Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.

    Salomo, Salomon, Solomon

    Соломо́нSolomón

    Соломо́нSolomón

  2. (countable)A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.

    Соломо́нSolomón, Сулейма́нSulejmán

  3. (countable)A surname from Hebrew.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States.

  6. (countable, uncountable)An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Solomon wants to be a writer.

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  2. The Solomon Islands are in Oceania.

    ruСоломоновы острова находятся в Океании. — Wezel

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  3. King Solomon was known for his wisdom.

    ruЦарь Соломон был известен своей мудростью. — sharptoothed

    deKönig Salomo ist für seine Weisheit bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Honiara is the capital of the Solomon Islands.

    ruХониара - столица Соломоновых Островов. — marafon

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  5. Salem Solomon provided translation from accounts in Tigrigna.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
king of Israel:
Русский
By meaning 2
king of Israel:
male given name:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
king of Israel:

Origin

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblic

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.

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Forms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedshalom

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soloB2soloistsolsticesolublesolutionA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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