Salvador

[ sal-vuh-dawr; Spanish sahl-vah-thawr; Portuguese sahl-vah-dawr ]

noun

1. El Salvador.
2. a seaport in eastern Brazil. Formerly Bahia,.
3. a male given name.

Salvador

/ ˈsælvəˌdɔː; salvaˈdor /

noun

1. a port in E Brazil, capital of Bahia state: founded in 1549 as capital of the Portuguese colony, which it remained until 1763; a major centre of the African slave trade in colonial times. Pop: 3 331 000 (2005 est) Former nameBahia Official nameSão Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santoss̃ɑu salvaˈdor ˈdəː baˈia ˈdəː ˈtoːduʃ uʃ ˈsəntuʃ

Other Words From

• Salva·doran Salva·dori·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

In 1985, a divided City Council adopted a resolution declaring Los Angeles a city of sanctuary for immigrants fleeing political persecution and violence, particularly refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala.

From Los Angeles Times

One man from El Salvador had earned $40 a day selling oranges in Los Angeles.

From New York Times

Traveling through the mountains of Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico, I heard accounts of migrants suffering shortages of food and climate-driven despair that had forced them to move.

From Salon

Times staff writers Salvador Hernandez and Dakota Smith contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times

One of those suing was Salvador Mota, who alleged that he was “assaulted and battered” by security guards who had stopped his vehicle as he was attempting to leave the stadium.

From Los Angeles Times