- Sault
A sault (pronounced "soo" in English) is
waterfall or arapids in pre-17th century French. A number of places inNorth America have this word as part of their names, as they were occupied by French colonists and settlers (New France ). "Sault" is derived from Latin "saltus" ("a leap", from "salīre" "to leap/jump").Places in Europe
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Sault, Vaucluse , France
*Saint-Benoît-du-Sault , France
*Canton of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault , France
*Sault-Brénaz , France
*Sault-de-Navailles , France
*Sault-lès-Rethel , France
*Sault-Saint-Remy , FrancePlaces in North America
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Sault Sainte Marie :
**Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario , Canada
**Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan , United States
*Sault College , Ontario, Canada
*Sault Ste. Marie Canal
*Soo Locks (or Sault Locks)
*Long Sault , a rapid in the St. Lawrence River
*Long Sault, Ontario , Canada
*Sault-au-Récollet , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Grand-Sault (Grand Falls), New Brunswick, CanadaOther uses
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Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians
*Saulteaux branch of Ojibwa nationee also
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Saulx (disambiguation)
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