English Explanatory Dictionary

San Salvador

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of El Salvador.
  2. A department of El Salvador.
  3. A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.
  4. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: the first island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
  5. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: an island of the Bahamas.
  6. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island, former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

Pronunciation

/sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-San Salvador.wav

Word forms

San Salvador Salvador

Etymology

From Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”), various places named in honor of Jesus Christ, from Spanish salvador, from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (suffix forming agent nouns).

Translations

Albanian: San Salvadori Amharic: ሳን ሳልቫዶር Arabic: سَان سَلْفَادُور Armenian: Սան Սալվադոր Asturian: San Salvador Azerbaijani: San-Salvador Belarusian: Сан-Сальвадо́р Bulgarian: Сан Салвадор Chinese Mandarin: 聖薩爾瓦多 /圣萨尔瓦多 Czech: San Salvador Danish: San Salvador Dutch: San Salvador Estonian: San Salvador Finnish: San Salvador French: San Salvador Georgian: სან-სალვადორი German: San Salvador Greek: Σαν Σαλβαδόρ Hebrew: סן סלוודור Hindi: सान साल्वाडोर Hungarian: San Salvador Italian: San Salvador Japanese: サンサルバドル Japanese: サン・サルバドール Kannada: ಸಾನ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ Kazakh: Сан-Сальвадор Khmer: សន្តៈសាល់វ៉ាឌ័រ Khmer: សាន់សាល់វ៉ាឌ័រ Korean: 산살바도르 Central Kurdish: سان سەلڤادۆر Northern Kurdish: San Salvador Latvian: Sansalvadora Lithuanian: San Salvadoras Macedonian: Сан Салвадор Malayalam: സാൻ സാൽവദോർ Marathi: सान सालबादोर Central Nahuatl: San Salvador Norwegian Bokmål: San Salvador Persian: سان سالوادور Polish: San Salvador Portuguese: San Salvador Punjabi: ਸਾਨ ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ
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