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

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

The natural underwater passage, which links the ocean to the salina, was as still as a glass of tap water.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016

Though the height we ascended was barely 800 feet above the salina we had just left, the ascent occupied two hours.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

In a large salina, northward of the Rio Negro, the salt at the bottom, during the whole year, is between two and three feet in thickness.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

Some salt from the salina Chiquitos, in the Pampean formation, is equally pure.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles