Salvadorean

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A form of Salvadorian

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Meanings

adjectiveSalvadorean (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of Salvadorian.

    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
nounSalvadorean (plural Salvadoreans)

plural Salvadoreans

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Salvadorian.

    Given Bukele’s ample margins of popularity – 98% of Salvadoreans supported the president’s handling of the pandemic, according to a CID Gallup poll from March this year – the White House may prefer engaging with the young leader on the current crisis rather than unleashing a war of words.

    2021 May 5, Stefano Pozzebon, “What to know about the political drama raising fears over El Salvador’s democracy”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people

Similar

nouna native or inhabitant of El Salvador

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. SpanishSalvador
  2. PortugueseSalvador
  3. EnglishSalvador
  4. EnglishSalvadorean

From Salvador + -ean.

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Cite this entry
APA

Salvadorean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salvadorean

MLA

“Salvadorean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salvadorean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Salvadorean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salvadorean.

Source: Salvadorean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.