El Salvador
UK/ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔː/
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British/ɛl ˈsal.və.doː/
El Salvador proper noun: a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of El Salvador. Capital: San Salvador.
Proper noun
El Salvador
- A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of El Salvador. Capital: San Salvador.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele, according to State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone.2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN
- A barangay of Carmen, Bohol, Philippines.
- A barangay of Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.
- A city in Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
- A barangay of New Corella, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
El Salvador meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
El Salvador in Hindi
- country in Central America
- अल साल्वाडोर al sālvāḍor
El Salvador in Tamil
- country in Central America
- எல் சால்வடோர் el cālvaṭōr
El Salvador in Marathi
- country in Central America
- एल साल्वादोर el sālvādor
El Salvador in Urdu
- country in Central America
- ایل سیلواڈور ēl sālvāḍor
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- El Salvador in Bengali
- এল সালভাদোর el śalbhadōr
- El Salvador in Telugu
- ఎల్ సాల్వడోర్ el sālvaḍōr
- El Salvador in Malayalam
- എൽ സാൽവദോർ el sālvadōṟ
- El Salvador in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ el sālvaḍār
- El Salvador in Punjabi
- ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ sālvādor
- El Salvador in Sinhala
- එල් සැල්වදෝරය el sælwadōraya
- El Salvador in Pashto
- سالوادور sālwādor
- El Salvador in Tagalog
- El Salbador
- El Salvador in Arabic
- السَّلْفَادُور as-salfādōr
- El Salvador in Indonesian
- El Salvador
- El Salvador in Persian
- السالوادور elsâlvâdor
- El Salvador in Thai
- เอลซัลวาดอร์ eo-sao-waa-dɔɔ
- El Salvador in Vietnamese
- En Xan-va-đo
- El Salvador in Myanmar
- အယ်ဆာဗေဒို aihcabedui
- Dhivehi
- އެލްސެލްވަޑޯރު elselvaḍōru
Origin of El Salvador
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Salvador (literally “The Saviour”). Named in honor of Jesus Christ.
Words formed from El Salvador
Questions about El Salvador
- What does El Salvador mean?
- El Salvador means a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of El Salvador. Capital: San Salvador.
- What is El Salvador in Hindi?
- El Salvador in Hindi is अल साल्वाडोर (al sālvāḍor). See El Salvador meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is El Salvador?
- El Salvador is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce El Salvador?
- El Salvador is pronounced /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔː/ (UK).
Words near El Salvador in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: El Salvador (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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