salon
noun
[ ˈsalɒn ]
• an establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts trade.
• "have your hair cut in a professional salon"
• a reception room in a large house.
• an annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris from 1648, originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre.
Origin:
late 17th century: from French (see saloon).
