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San Salvador
/sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/
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What does San Salvador mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of El Salvador.
- A department of El Salvador.
- Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: an island of the Bahamas.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- (historical) A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.
- (historical) Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: the first island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
- (historical) Ellipsis of San Salvador Island, former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
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IPA pronunciation
/sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/
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When the ships of the Spanish admiral came to anchor before the Island of San Salvador, he had indeed discovered a “New World.”
They still adhere with striking pertinacity to the language they spoke when Columbus landed on San Salvador; and it is believed that that language is the same as the one inscribed on the most ancient monuments of their country.