The Salian Franks were a subgroup of the Franks. They are distinguished from the Ripuarian Franks (riparuian means river while salian means 'salty', i.e. associated with the sea). The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern... The Ripuarian Franks (river Franks) were a subgroup of the Franks. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Sunset at sea Wiktionary has a definition of: Sea Wiktionary has a definition of: maritime A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. ...

The name Salian is derived from the name the Romans gave to a river in The Netherlands: Isala, a branch of the Rhine, currently named IJssel (or Gelderse IJssel) in Dutch. In the third century A.D., the Romans named the Germanic tribe living in this area after this river. Even nowadays, this area is called Salland. The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ...

From this area, the Salian Franks occupied the Rhine delta in the 4th and the 5th century A.D. and moved further south, with the Belgian city of Tournai (Doornik in Dutch) becoming the center of their domain. Later still, they again moved south and gained control over Roman Gaul i.e. France, which bears its current name after them.

The Salian Franks formed, with the Nether-Saxons and the Frisians, the foundation for early Dutch culture and society. This article is about the Saxons, a Germanic people. ... The Roman historian Tacitus, in his Germania, mentioned the Frisians among people he grouped together as the Ingvaeones. ...

The adjective Salian as applied to the Frankish people is the origin of the name of the Salic Law. The King of the Franks, in the midst of the Military Chiefs who formed his Treuste, or armed Court, dictates the Salic Law (Code of the Barbaric Laws). ...