# Salamis

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #67,009

## Definitions
1. The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
2. An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
3. A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/salamis