/ ˈsælɒn; NAmE səˈlɑːn/ noun
1.
a shop / store that gives customers hair or beauty treatment or that sells expensive clothes :
a beauty salon
a hairdressing salon
2.
( old-fashioned ) a room in a large house used for entertaining guests
3.
(in the past) a regular meeting of writers, artists and other guests at the house of a famous or important person :
a literary salon
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from French , from Italian salone large hall, augmentative of sala hall.