Type Country
Usage Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Amharic, Bosnian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
Scripts ኤል ሳልቫዶር(Amharic) Ελ Σαλβαδόρ(Greek) אל סלוודור(Hebrew) Ел Салвадор(Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. /el sal.ba.ˈdoɾ/(Spanish) /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔː/(British English) /ɛl ˈsæl.və.dɔɹ/(American English) /əl səl.və.ˈdo/(Catalan) /əl səl.bə.ˈdo/(Catalan) /el sal.va.ˈdoɾ/(Catalan) /ˌɛl ˈsɑl.vaː.dɔr/(Dutch) /ˈel ˈsɑl.ʋɑ.dor/(Finnish) /ˈel.ˌsɑl.ʋɑ.dor/(Finnish) /ɛl zal.va.ˈdoːɐ̯/(German) /el.sal.va.ˈðoɾ/(Greek) /ɛɫ saɫ.ˈva.dɔr/(Macedonian) /ˌɛl.sal.vɐ.ˈdoɾ/(European Portuguese) /ˌɛw.saw.va.ˈdoʁ/(Brazilian Portuguese) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "the saviour" in Spanish, referring to Jesus and shortened from the original name Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo, El Salvador Del Mundo literally meaning "Province of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World". This is the name of a country in Central America.