A waterfall or rapids, especially in North American place names. From French meaning 'leap' or 'jump.'
From French 'saut' meaning 'jump, leap,' from Latin 'saltus.' Used extensively in North American French colonial toponymy to describe waterfalls and rapids.
The word 'sault' appears in many North American place names like Sault Ste. Marie, preserving the French colonial perspective that saw waterfalls as places where water 'leaped' - a poetic way to describe the landscape.
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