El Salvador

[el sal-vuh-dawr, el sahl-vah-thawr]

noun

1. a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). San Salvador.

El Salvador

/ ɛl ˈsælvəˌdɔː /

noun

1. a republic in Central America, on the Pacific: colonized by the Spanish from 1524; declared independence in 1841, becoming a republic in 1856. It consists of coastal lowlands rising to a central plateau. Coffee constitutes over a third of the total exports. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: San Salvador. Pop: 6 108 590 (2013 est). Area: 21 393 sq km (8236 sq miles)

El Salvador

1. Republic on the Pacific coast of Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the north and east by Honduras, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. San Salvador is its capital and largest city.

Torn by civil unrest and characterized by guerrilla warfare and terrorism (which has included the murder of American civilians), El Salvador became in the 1980s a controversial focus of an American foreign policy that sought to protect American interests in Central America. Unrest eased in the 1990s.

Example Sentences

Roughly a dozen counties, including El Salvador, Lebanon and Syria, are under temporary protected status designations, according to DHS’s website, though some are also slated to expire soon.

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Some deportees were flown to an El Salvador prison.

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Neighbours recognised the first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, as as a girl who would visit the corner store almost daily to buy candy and soda, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Panama, meanwhile, grabbed the other automatic qualification spot on offer on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over El Salvador at home.

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The El Salvador native narrowly had escaped when three coworkers were nabbed this summer during a raid at a car wash in Orange County.

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