Salinas

[ suh-lee-nuhs ]

noun

1. a city in W California.

Example Sentences

Salinas was the home town of John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath and great chronicler of Depression-era California.

From The Daily Beast

Today for many in hardscrabble, majority-Latino Salinas, home to 150,000 people, The Grapes of Wrath is less lyrical than real.

From The Daily Beast

Most of the laborers employed in the salinas suffer from diseases of the skin and rheumatism.

From Project Gutenberg

The Indians, when they come from the mountains to convey salt, never take their llamas to the salinas.

From Project Gutenberg

Presently we rode past a long chain of salinas, which glittered and sparkled whitely in the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

That night we slept on Salinas Plain, and the next morning reached Monterey.

From Project Gutenberg

It is described as resembling the salinas of New Mexico, and the quantity of salt as inexhaustible.

From Project Gutenberg