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salinas

salinas is the plural of salina.

Meaning of salina

Noun

salina (plural salinas)

  1. A salt marsh, or salt pond, enclosed from the sea.

See all 12 meanings of salina

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Salinas

Salinas (countable and uncountable, plural Salinases)

  1. A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
  2. A coastal city in Santa Elena province, Ecuador.
  3. A parish in Ibarra canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador.
  4. (countable) A surname from Spanish.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Salinas

Salinas

  1. (plural) plural of Salina

Forms of salinas

pluralSalinases

Origin of salinas

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.

Words formed from salinas

Questions about salinas

What does salinas mean?
Salinas means a city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
What is salinas the plural of?
Salinas is the plural of salina.
What part of speech is salinas?
Salinas is a proper noun.

Words near salinas in the dictionary

  1. Salinan
  2. Salinans
  3. Salinap
  4. salinaphthol
  5. Salinar
  6. salinas
  7. Salinas Valley
  8. Salinases
  9. Salinastroika
  10. salinate
  11. salinated

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