San Salvador

English

Alternative forms

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).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

San Salvador

  1. The capital city of El Salvador.
  2. A department of El Salvador.
  3. (historical) A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.
  4. (historical) 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. (historical) Ellipsis of San Salvador Island, former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

Translations

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

San Salvador

  1. San Salvador (the capital and largest city of the modern El Salvador)
  2. San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [san salvador]

Proper noun

San Salvador m inan (relational adjective sansalvadorský)

  1. San Salvador (the capital and largest city of the modern El Salvador)
  2. San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

San Salvador f

  1. San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador)
  2. San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsan salbaˈdoɾ/ [ˌsãn sal.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
  • Syllabification: San Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

San Salvador m

  1. San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador)
  2. San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)

Derived terms