proper noun
Salamis (the largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place); Salamis (an ancient Greek city in Cyprus); Salamis (a nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name)
“Neptune, ayant enlevé Salamine, la transporta dans l’île qui porte son nom, et en eut un fils appelé Cychréus ou Cenchréus, qui délivra le pays d’un terrible serpent qui l’infestait.”
Inherited from Middle French Salamine, from Latin Salamīna, accusative of Salamīs, from Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).