San Salvador

[ san sal-vuh-dawr; Spanish sahn sahl-vah-thawr ]

noun

1. Also called Watling Island. an island in the E central Bahamas: long held to be the first land in the New World sighted by Christopher Columbus 1492. 60 sq. mi. (155 sq. km). Compare Samana Cay.
2. a city in and the capital of El Salvador.

San Salvador

/ san salβaˈðɔr; sæn ˈsælvəˌdɔː /

noun

1. the capital of El Salvador, situated in the SW central part: became capital in 1841; ruined by earthquakes in 1854 and 1873; university (1841). Pop: 1 472 000 (2005 est)

San Salvador

1. Capital of El Salvador and the largest city in the country, located in central El Salvador.

Notes

The city has suffered from recurrent and severe earthquakes .

Example Sentences

A special correspondent in San Salvador contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times

They decided to travel through Argentina to San Salvador and onwards to Mendoza.

From BBC

The about-face, observers say, started a little more than a year ago when Biden sent William Duncan, a career diplomat, to San Salvador as U.S. ambassador.

From Seattle Times

It said some of the explosives were found in a raid on a former rebel stronghold, Guazapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, the capital.

From Seattle Times

The specific shape derives not from a river but from a volcanic gash in the earth outside the capital, San Salvador.

From Los Angeles Times