[səˈluːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a public room or building used for a specified purpose
(e.g: a billiard saloon)

- a car having a closed body and a closed boot separated from the part in which the driver and passengers sit
(e.g: a four-door saloon)


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Origin:
early 18th century (in the sense ‘drawing room’): from French salon, from Italian salone ‘large hall’, augmentative of sala ‘hall’