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Salvador

[sal-vuh-dawr, sahl-vah-thawr, sahl-vah-dawr]

noun

  1. El Salvador.

  2. Formerly Bahia.Portuguese, São Salvador.a seaport in eastern Brazil.

  3. a male given name.



Salvador

/ ˈsælvəˌdɔː, salvaˈdor /

noun

  1. Official name: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos.Former name: Bahia.a port in E Brazil, capital of Bahia state: founded in 1549 as capital of the Portuguese colony, which it remained until 1763; a major centre of the African slave trade in colonial times. Pop: 3 331 000 (2005 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Salvadoran adjective
  • Salvadorian adjective
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Dr. Salvador Plasencia, known as Dr. P., was one of five people charged last year stemming from the investigation into Perry’s October death.

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“My parents are migrants from El Salvador, and so it’s really personal to me, because it’s U.S. imperialism that impacted our community. ... No one chooses to leave their home. No one willingly wants to leave.”

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These are the people flying flags from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, South Korea and other places during the Los Angeles protests.

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California, Guatemala and El Salvador — fluttered over the crowd.

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Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March , despite an immigration court order saying he couldn’t be deported there, was returned to the U.S. last week.

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