San Salvador
US/sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/
San Salvador proper noun: the capital city of El Salvador. Also the ellipsis of San Salvador Island.
Proper noun
San Salvador
- The capital city of El Salvador.
- A department of El Salvador.
- A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.
Also used as
San Salvador is also the ellipsis of San Salvador Island.
San Salvador meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
San Salvador in Hindi
- capital of El Salvador
- सान साल्वाडोर sān sālvāḍor
San Salvador in Tamil
- capital of El Salvador
- சான் சல்வடோர் cāṉ calvaṭōr
San Salvador in Marathi
- capital of El Salvador
- सान सालबादोर sān sālbādor
San Salvador in Urdu
- capital of El Salvador
- سان سلواڈور sān salvāḍōr
More languagesFewer languages
- San Salvador in Telugu
- శాన్ సాల్వడార్ śān sālvaḍār
- San Salvador in Malayalam
- സാൻ സാൽവദോർ sāṉ sālvadōṟ
- San Salvador in Kannada
- ಸಾನ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್ sān sālvaḍār
- San Salvador in Punjabi
- ਸਾਨ ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ sān sālvādor
- San Salvador in Arabic
- سَان سَلْفَادُور sān salfādūr
- San Salvador in Persian
- سان سالوادور sân sâlvâdôr
- San Salvador in Thai
- ซานซัลวาดอร์ saan-san-waa-dɔɔ
- San Salvador in Vietnamese
- Xan Xan-va-đo
Forms of San Salvador
| alternative form | Salvador |
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Origin of San Salvador
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 (suffix forming agent nouns).
Questions about San Salvador
- What does San Salvador mean?
- San Salvador means the capital city of El Salvador.
- What is San Salvador in Hindi?
- San Salvador in Hindi is सान साल्वाडोर (sān sālvāḍor). See San Salvador meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is San Salvador?
- San Salvador is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce San Salvador?
- San Salvador is pronounced /sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/ (US).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: San 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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