salina
noun
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
salina
1 American
[suh-lahy-nuh]
/ səˈlaɪ nə /
noun
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salinas
plural
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a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
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a saltworks.
Salina
2
American
[suh-lahy-nuh]
/ səˈlaɪ nə /
noun
salina
British
/ səˈlaɪnə /
noun
salina
Scientific
/ sə-lī′nə,-lē′- /
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An area of land encrusted with crystalline salt, especially a salt pan or a salt-encrusted playa.
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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
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But local journalist Mustafa Canka, who has tracked the project for years, said previous estimates put the cost of restarting the salt industry and preserving the salina at almost five times the earmarked amount.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
According to experts, the salina hosts more than one percent of the global populations of at least seven bird species.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
But experts warn the sprawling salt flats of Montenegro's Ulcinj salina, a vital stop-off for migrating flamingos, pelicans and other species, is fading fast.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The lagoons are home to a variety of microorganisms, including Dunaliella salina, an alga responsible for the red hue.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
To our right lay the sparkling, glittering white plain and pool, El-Melláhah, "the salina."
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
For the nation’s 250th anniversary year, a special addition was the Salina Symphony Youth Choir, elementary and middle schoolers who presented a number called “Thank You, Soldiers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Spruds formally resigned on Monday and Salina proposed a military officer as his replacement but the Progressive party rejected him.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
“He just graduated from Mississippi State,” Salina says, “so we put him to work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Season 15 contestant Salina EsTitties said many “Drag Race” alumni are not raking it in, especially not after recent economic changes.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Breeding congregations of this rare frog were found 8.6 kilometers west of Tehuantepec on July 5, 1956, and at Salina Cruz on July 6, 1958.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
"The crystallisation basins are covered by grass and sheath and so on. This is not the landscape that usually salinas are," she said, explaining the changes to the area that saltwork pumping created.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
At the mouth of the Pasamayo, on the north bank, there are some salinas, which, however, are far more inconsiderable than those of Huacho.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
El Zagal relinquished his right to one-half of the salinas or salt-pits of Malaha in favor of his brother-in-law, Cid Hiaya.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Washington Irving
One hundred and forty soldiers perished in this engagement, which received the name of las salinas.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh
The Gauchos call the former the "Padre del sal," and the latter the "Madre;" they state that these progenitive salts always occur on the borders of the salinas, when the water begins to evaporate.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
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