salinas

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proper noun

A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.

OriginSpanish Salinas →
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Meanings

salinas1

noun
  1. pluralplural of salina

Salinas2

proper nounSalinas (countable and uncountable, plural Salinases)

plural Salinases

  1. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA coastal city in Santa Elena province, Ecuador.
  3. countableuncountableA parish in Ibarra canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador.
  4. countableA surname from Spanish.

Salinas3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Salina

Origin

  1. SpanishSalinas
  2. EnglishSalinas

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nasalis
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APA

salinas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinas

MLA

“salinas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salinas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinas.

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