salina

¹ American  

[suh-lahy-nuh] / səˈlaɪ nə /

noun

1. a saline marsh, spring, or the like.

2. a saltworks.

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Salina ² American  

[suh-lahy-nuh] / səˈlaɪ nə /

noun

1. a city in central Kansas.

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salina British  

/ səˈlaɪnə /

noun

1. a salt marsh, lake, or spring

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salina Scientific  

/ sə-lī′nə,-lē′- /

1. An area of land encrusted with crystalline salt, especially a salt pan or a salt-encrusted playa.

2. A body of water, such as a salt marsh, spring, pond, or lake, having a high saline content.

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Etymology

Origin of salina

1690–1700; < Spanish ≪ Latin salīnae saltworks

Example Sentences

His mom, Salina, recalls the scene: “It was his first headline show, in Tuscaloosa, and he’d just gotten Humphrey as a surprise from his sister. Maddox held him up like the beginning of ‘The Lion King.’”

From Los Angeles Times

“He just graduated from Mississippi State,” Salina says, “so we put him to work.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The food is excellent — I wish she would franchise it and open one in Nashville,” Salina says of Goop.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s not a reflective surface Maddox passes that he doesn’t like,” Salina notes with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

“Gotta keep those feet on the ground,” Salina says.

From Los Angeles Times