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El Salvador
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Etymology
en es El Salvador The Saviour. Named in honor of Jesus Christ.
Pronunciation
en /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔː/ RP
en /ɛl ˈsal.və.doː/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-El Salvador.wav SSB
en /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔɹ/ US
en en-us-El Salvador.ogg US
en /el ˈsæl.və.doː/ AU
en /el ˈsɛl.və.doː/ NZ
en /ɛl ˈsal.və.dɔɾ/ Scotland
Proper noun
1
en Q792en country r/Central America Republic of El Salvador San Salvador.
en Stefano Pozzebon Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador w:CNN 2025-01-31 https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/americas/tren-de-aragua-bukele-rubio-intl-latam/index.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250324154519/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/americas/tren-de-aragua-bukele-rubio-intl-latam/index.html
Places in the Philippines:
en barangay mun/Carmen p/Bohol c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/Lala p/Lanao del Norte c/Philippines.
en city p/Misamis Oriental c/Philippines. +, Misamis Oriental
X Misamis Oriental
en barangay mun/New Corella p/Davao del Norte c/Philippines.
Derived terms
en El Salvadoran Republic of El Salvador
Translations
Q792 country in Central America
Afrikaans: af El Salvador
Albanian: sq Salvador m indefinite, sq Salvadori m definite
Amharic: am ኤል ሳልቫዶር
Arabic: ar السَّلْفَادُور f as-salfādōr, ar السَّلْفَادُور f as-salvādōr
Hijazi Arabic: acw السلفادور f as-salfādōr, as-salvādōr
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii
Armenian: hy Սալվադոր
Asturian: ast El Salvador
Azerbaijani: az Salvador
Belarusian: be Сальвадо́р m
Bengali: bn এল সালভাদোর
Breton: br Salvador
Bulgarian: bg Салвадо́р m
Burmese: my အယ်ဆာဗေဒို
Catalan: ca El Salvador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩爾瓦多 Sà'ěrwǎduō
Czech: cs Salvádor m, cs Salvador m
Danish: da El Salvador n
Dhivehi: dv އެލްސެލްވަޑޯރު
Dutch: nl El Salvador n
Esperanto: eo Salvadoro
Estonian: et El Salvador, et Salvador rare
Finnish: fi El Salvador
French: fr Salvador m, fr El Salvador m
Galician: gl O Salvador m
Georgian: ka სალვადორი
German: de El Salvador n
Greek: el Ελ Σαλβαδόρ n
Gujarati: gu
Hausa: ha
Hebrew: he אל סלוודור f el salvadór אֶל סַלְוָדוֹר
Hindi: hi अल साल्वाडोर m
Hungarian: hu El Salvador, hu Salvador
Icelandic: is El Salvador n
Indonesian: id El Salvador
Interlingua: ia El Salvador
Irish: ga Salvadóir m An tSalvadóir
Italian: it El Salvador m
Japanese: ja エルサルバドル Eru Sarubadoru
Kannada: kn ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್
Kazakh: kk Сальвадор
Khmer: km អែលសាល់វ៉ាឌ័រ
Korean: ko ^엘살바도르, ko ^엘쌀바도르 North Korea
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئێلسالڤادۆر
Northern Kurdish: kmr El Salvador
Kyrgyz: ky Сальвадор
Lao: lo ຊານວາດໍ
Latvian: lv Salvadora f
Lithuanian: lt Salvadoras m
Macedonian: mk Ел Салва́дор m, mk Салва́дор m
Malayalam: ml എൽ സാൽവദോർ
Marathi: mr एल साल्वादोर
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Сальвадор
Norman: nrf El Salvador m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb El Salvador n
Odia: or
Oromo: om
Pashto: ps سالوادور m sālwādor
Persian: fa السالوادور elsâlvâdor
Pipil: ppl Kuskatan
Polish: pl Salwador m
Portuguese: pt Salvador m Portugal, pt El Salvador m Brazil
Punjabi: pa ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ
Romanian: ro El Salvador n
Russian: ru Сальвадо́р m
Samogitian: sgs Salvaduors
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̀лва̄дор m
Latin: sh Sàlvādor m
Sicilian: scn El Salvador m, scn U Sarbaturi m
Sinhalese: si එල් සැල්වදෝරය
Slovak: sk Salvádor m
Slovene: sl Salvador m
Somali: so
Spanish: es El Salvador m
Sranan Tongo: srn El Salvador
Swahili: sw El Salvador
Swedish: sv El Salvador n
Tagalog: tl El Salbador
Tajik: tg Салвадор
Tamil: ta எல் சால்வடோர்
Tatar: tt Сальвадор
Telugu: te ఎల్ సాల్వడోర్
Thai: th เอลซัลวาดอร์
Tibetan: bo
Tigrinya: ti ኤል ሳልቫዶር
Turkish: tr El Salvador
Turkmen: tk Salwador
Ukrainian: uk Сальвадо́р m
Urdu: ur ایل سیلواڈور m ēl sālvāḍor
Uyghur: ug ئەل سالۋادور
Uzbek: uz Salvador
Vietnamese: vi En Xan-va-đo
Volapük: vo Salvadorän
Wolof: wo
Yiddish: yi על סאַלוואַדאָר n
See also
Asturian
ast:
Proper noun
ast proper noun
ast El Salvador Q792
Derived terms
ast salvadoreñu
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-El Salvador.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m El Salvador
ca El Salvador Q792
Derived terms
ca salvadorenc
ca salvadoreny
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch El Salvador Q792
Danish
da:
Proper noun
El Salvador
da El Salvador Q792
Related terms
da salvadoraner
da salvadoransk
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
Borrowed from nl es El Salvador.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌɛl ˈsɑl.vaː.dɔr/
nl Nl-El Salvador.ogg
nl El Sal va dor
Proper noun
n 1
nl El Salvador Q792
Related terms
nl San Salvador
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi es El Salvador.
Pronunciation
el salvador el-salvador
Proper noun
El Salvador
fi El Salvador Q792
Declension
sg El Salvador a 0
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-El Salvador.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym 1
de El Salvador Q792
Declension
toponym
Related terms
de salvadorianisch
Interlingua
ia:
Proper noun
ia proper noun El Salvador
ia El Salvador Q792
Italian
it:
Proper noun
m 1 salvadoregno salvadoregna
it El Salvador Q792
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun El Salvador
nb El Salvador Q792
Related terms
nb salvadoraner
nb salvadoransk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun El Salvador
nn El Salvador Q792
Related terms
nn salvadoranar
nn salvadoransk
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :ubor es:El Salvador + 1
Pronunciation
Él Salvador
Proper noun
m salvadorenho 1
pt El Salvador Q792
pt Salvador
Usage notes
El Salvador takes a masculine definitive article pt o, despite es el being already a masculine definitive article in Spanish. Therefore, one says "o El Salvador", "no El Salvador", and "ao El Salvador".
Derived terms
pt salvadorenho
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-El Salvador.wav
Proper noun
n El Salvador
ro El Salvador Q792
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m El Salvador
es El Salvador Q792
es Merlin Delcid El Salvador recibe a 238 deportados, supuestos miembros del Tren de Aragua, y los envía a la megaprisión de Bukele w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/03/16/latinoamerica/el-salvador-miembros-tren-aragua-megaprision-bukele-orix 2025-03-16 Los detenidos llegaron en un vuelo este domingo al aeropuerto internacional de El Salvador y fueron trasladados de inmediato, bajo un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad, al Centro de Confinamiento de Terrorismo, Cecot, la prisión más grande y nueva del país, con una capacidad máxima para 40.000 reos. https://web.archive.org/web/20261009091948/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/03/16/latinoamerica/el-salvador-miembros-tren-aragua-megaprision-bukele-orix 9 October 2026
Usage notes
The definite article does not contract to del, use de El Salvador.
Related terms
es salvadoreño
Descendants
ja 1 エルサルバドル Eru Sarubadoru
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-El Salvador.wav
Proper noun
n El Salvador
sv El Salvador Q792
Related terms
sv salvadoran
sv salvadoransk
sv salvadoranska
See also
Further reading
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Svensk MeSH
Turkish
tr:
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-El Salvador.wav
Proper noun
El Salvador
tr El Salvador Q792
Declension
El Salvador El Salvador'u El Salvador'a El Salvador'da El Salvador'dan El Salvador'un
See also
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhw proper noun
nhw El Salvador Q792