Meanings
- The capital city of Utah, United States, and the county seat of Salt Lake County.
Out of the 484 Utah water systems that reported data in 2024, only 66 fluoridated their water, an Associated Press analysis showed. The largest was the state’s biggest city, Salt Lake City.
2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025 - figurativelymetonymicallyThe leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From its headquarters in Salt Lake City.
. . . the event was orchestrated by local leaders acting without consultation or approval from Salt Lake City.
2025 January 28, 'American Primeval' fact-check3 more examples
Add to that many of these rules are customs, misinterpretations of things early leaders said or policy recommendations from Salt Lake.
2017 August 23, felixfabulous, Great post . . .Could Smoot be trusted to cast votes according to his conscience? Or would he secretly be taking directions from Salt Lake City?
2022 April 10, Jed Woodworth, See How the Church Changed in Remarkable ‘Saints 3’In the early days, even ordaining missionaries required approval from Salt Lake City, which became unsustainable as the Church grew.
2025 April 7, Rick B, Marion D. Hanks: A Voice to Be Heard
Origin
Named after the Great Salt Lake.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سولت ليك سيتي, سولت ليك
- سولت ليك سيتي (sūlt līk sītī)capital city of Utah, United States of America
- سولت ليك (sūlt līk)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Chinese Mandarin 盐湖城
- 盐湖城 (Yánhúchéng)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Danish Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake Citycapital city of Utah, United States of America
Dutch Salt Lake City, Salt Lake-stad
- Salt Lake Citycapital city of Utah, United States of America
- Salt Lake-stadcapital city of Utah, United States of America
Esperanto Sallaga Urbo
- Sallaga Urbocapital city of Utah, United States of America
French Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
- Salt Lake Citycapital city of Utah, United States of America
- Salt Lakecapital city of Utah, United States of America
German Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake Citycapital city of Utah, United States of America
Greek Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι
- Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι (Solt Léik Síti)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Japanese ソルトレイク・シティ, ソルトレーク・シティ
- ソルトレイク・シティ (Sorutoreiku shiti)capital city of Utah, United States of America
- ソルトレーク・シティ (Sorutorēku shiti)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Korean 솔트레이크시티
- 솔트레이크시티 (solteureikeusiti)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Latin Urbs Lacus Salsi
- Urbs Lacus Salsicapital city of Utah, United States of America
Russian Солт-Лейк-Сити
- Солт-Лейк-Сити (Solt-Lejk-Siti)capital city of Utah, United States of America
Cite this entry
Salt Lake City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salt%20Lake%20City
“Salt Lake City.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salt%20Lake%20City. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Salt Lake City,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salt%20Lake%20City.
Source: Salt Lake City on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.