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Name Salambo
Gender Feminine
Usage Phoenician, Ancient Roman, Babylonian, Literature
Other Forms FormsSalammbô
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Meaning & History
Name of the title character of Gustave Flaubert’s novel “Salammbô” (1862). The name has Phoenician origin from ṣlmbʿl meaning “the image of Baal”. It is also name of Babylonian goddess, associated with Venus in Ancient Roman times.