Type Country & Settlement
Usage Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Mongolian
Scripts Салвадор(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Tajik, Uzbek) Сальвадор(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic) Սալվադոր(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. /sal.βa.ˈðoɾ/(Spanish) /saɫ.vɐ.ˈdoɾ/(European Portuguese) /saw.va.ˈdox/(Brazilian Portuguese) /sal.va.dɔʁ/(French) /ˈsɒl.vɒ.dor/(Hungarian) /ˈsal.va.dor/(Czech) /səlʲ.vɐ.ˈdor/(Russian) /sɐlʲ.ʋɐ.ˈdɔr/(Ukrainian) /sɑl.vɑ.ˈdɔɾ/(Eastern Armenian) /sɑl.vɑ.ˈtʰɔɾ/(Western Armenian) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "saviour" in Spanish, referring to Jesus. This is the name of a country in Central America. Since 1915 its official name has been El Salvador, with the definite article. Many languages also include the Spanish article at the front of the name.Besides the country, this is also the name of a city in Brazil.
Related Names
Rootsalvus
VariantsEl Salvador(Spanish) El Salvador(Portuguese) El Salvador(Macedonian)
Other Languages & CulturesEl Salvador(Afrikaans) Salfadur(Arabic) El Salvador(Bosnian) El Salvador(Catalan) El Salvador(Danish) El Salvador(Dutch) El Salvador(English) El Salvador(Estonian) El Salvador(Finnish) El Salvador(German) El Salvador(Greek) El Salvador(Hebrew) El Salvador(Icelandic) El Salvador(Indonesian) El Salvador(Italian) El Salvador(Malay) El Salvador(Norwegian) Salwador(Polish) El Salvador(Romanian) Salvádor(Slovak) El Salvador(Swedish) El Salvador(Tagalog) El Salvador(Turkish) Salwador(Turkmen)
Same SpellingSalvádor
