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Salinas
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salinas
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from en es Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.
Proper noun
~ es
en city/county seat co/Monterey County s/California c/USA. TopoZone: Salinas, California
en coastal city p:suf/Santa Elena c/Ecuador.
en par in can/Ibarra p:suf/Imbabura c/Ecuador.
en countable en Spanish.
Derived terms
en Salinastroika Salinas Valley
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Salinas is the 393rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 81156 individuals. Salinas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.88%) individuals.
References
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Salina
Anagrams
en aailnss Salians nasalis
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb es Salinas, from es salina salina, salinas. ceb.
Pronunciation
ceb Sa li nas
Proper noun
+
ceb Spanish, mostly found in Cebu
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From hil es Salinas, from es salina salina, salinas. hil.
Pronunciation
hil Sa li nas
Proper noun
hil Spanish, mostly found in Iloilo
Pangasinan
Etymology
From pag es Salinas, from es salina salina, salinas. pag.
Pronunciation
pag Sa li nas
Proper noun
pag Spanish
Portuguese
Proper noun
pt municipality s/Minas Gerais c/Brazil
Spanish
Etymology
From es salina salt mine.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es
Descendants
ceb Salinas
en Salinas
hil Salinas
pag Salinas
tl Salinas
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es Salinas, from es salina salina, salinas. tl.
tl is the barangay grouping named after some person with the surname or from being a possible former salt making location?
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Spanish, mostly found in Cavite
tl Two connected <<barangays>> in <<city/Bacoor>>, <<p/Cavite>>, <<c/Philippines>> (see Salinas I and Salinas II)
Derived terms
tl Salinas I Salinas II Salinas III Salinas IV