Meanings
proper noun
alternative Salvador
- The capital city of El Salvador.
- A department of El Salvador.
- historicalA former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.
- abbreviationellipsishistoricalEllipsis of San Salvador Island: the first island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of San Salvador Island: an island of the Bahamas.
- abbreviationellipsishistoricalEllipsis of San Salvador Island, former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Origin
- Latinsalvator
- Spanishsalvador
- SpanishSan Salvador“Holy Savior”
- EnglishSan 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).
More words from Spanish, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَان سَلْفَادُور
- سَان سَلْفَادُور (sān salfādūr)capital of El Salvador
Bulgarian Сан Салвадор
- Сан Салвадорcapital of El Salvador
Chinese Mandarin 聖薩爾瓦多 /圣萨尔瓦多
- 聖薩爾瓦多 /圣萨尔瓦多 (Shèng-Sà'ěrwǎduō)capital of El Salvador
Czech San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Danish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Dutch San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Estonian San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Finnish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
French San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
German San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Greek Σαν Σαλβαδόρ
- Σαν Σαλβαδόρ (San Salvadór)capital of El Salvador
Hebrew סן סלוודור
- סן סלוודור (san salvador)capital of El Salvador
Hindi सान साल्वाडोर
- सान साल्वाडोर (sān sālvāḍor)capital of El Salvador
Hungarian San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Italian San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Japanese サンサルバドル, サン・サルバドール
- サンサルバドル (Sansarubadoru)capital of El Salvador
- サン・サルバドール (San-Sarubadoru)capital of El Salvador
Korean 산살바도르
- 산살바도르 (Sansalbadoreu)capital of El Salvador
Latvian Sansalvadora
- Sansalvadoracapital of El Salvador
Lithuanian San Salvadoras
- San Salvadorascapital of El Salvador
Norwegian Bokmål San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Persian سان سالوادور
- سان سالوادور (sân sâlvâdôr)capital of El Salvador
Polish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Portuguese San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Punjabi ਸਾਨ ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ
- ਸਾਨ ਸਾਲਵਾਦੋਰ (sān sālvādor)capital of El Salvador
Romanian San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Russian Сан-Сальвадо́р
- Сан-Сальвадо́р (San-Salʹvadór)capital of El Salvador
Slovak San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Spanish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Swedish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Tamil சான் சல்வடோர்
- சான் சல்வடோர் (cāṉ calvaṭōr)capital of El Salvador
Thai ซานซัลวาดอร์
- ซานซัลวาดอร์ (saan-san-waa-dɔɔ)capital of El Salvador
Turkish San Salvador
- San Salvadorcapital of El Salvador
Ukrainian Сан-Сальвадо́р
- Сан-Сальвадо́р (San-Salʹvadór)capital of El Salvador
Urdu سان سلواڈور
- سان سلواڈور (sān salvāḍōr)capital of El Salvador
Vietnamese Xan Xan-va-đo
- Xan Xan-va-đocapital of El Salvador
Cite this entry
APA
San Salvador. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Salvador
MLA
“San Salvador.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Salvador. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Salvador,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Salvador.
Source: San Salvador on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.