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 (“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) Short for San Salvador Island, the first island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
  4. Short for San Salvador Island, an island in the Bahamas.
  5. (historical) Short for San Salvador Island, a former name of Santiago, an island in 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 (related adjective sansalvadorský)

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

Declension
Declension of San Salvador (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative San Salvador
genitive San Salvadoru
dative San Salvadoru
accusative San Salvador
vocative San Salvadore
locative San Salvadoru
instrumental San Salvadorem

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
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