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Definition of San Salvador

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes.

Definition of San Salvador

1. Proper noun. The capital of El Salvador. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of San Salvador

Literary usage of San Salvador

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Salvador: Bulletin of the Bureau of American Republics (Washington, 1892); RETES, Nociones de historia del flotador ^San Salvador. 1886); PECTOR. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There are about 600 primary schools, with 30000 enrolled pupils, 20 high schools (3 normal, and 3 technical), and a university at San Salvador with ..."

3. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"—Rumours of a March upon San Salvador.—Departure from San Salvador. AT five o'clock the next afternoon we set out for San Salvador. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Besides the capital San Salvador, with 14059 inhabitants, there were in 1878 ... There are three universities—San Salvador, Santa Ana, and San Miguel, ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The garrison of San Salvador numbered 2300 men, but its commander, van Dorth, had been killed in a skirmish with Indians, and had left unworthy successors. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Salvador: Bulletin of the Bureau of American Republics (Washington, 1892); RETES, Nociones de historia del flotador ^San Salvador. 1886); PECTOR. ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There are about 600 primary schools, with 30000 enrolled pupils, 20 high schools (3 normal, and 3 technical), and a university at San Salvador with ..."

8. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"—Rumours of a March upon San Salvador.—Departure from San Salvador. AT five o'clock the next afternoon we set out for San Salvador. ..."

9. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Besides the capital San Salvador, with 14059 inhabitants, there were in 1878 ... There are three universities—San Salvador, Santa Ana, and San Miguel, ..."

10. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The garrison of San Salvador numbered 2300 men, but its commander, van Dorth, had been killed in a skirmish with Indians, and had left unworthy successors. ..."

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