SALERNO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salerno mean? 

• SALERNO (noun)
  The noun SALERNO has 1 sense:

1. a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943

  Familiarity information: SALERNO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALERNO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Holonyms ("Salerno" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)