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Type Country
Usage Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Bosnian, Macedonian, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
Scripts Ел Салвадор(Macedonian) Ελ Σαλβαδόρ(Greek) אל סלוודור(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /el.sal.βa.ˈðoɾ/(Spanish) /əl.səl.ðo.ˈðo/(Catalan) /ˌɛɫ.saɫ.vɐ.ˈdoɾ/(European Portuguese) /ˌɛw.saw.va.ˈdox/(Brazilian Portuguese) /ɛl.ˈsæl.və.dɔɹ/(American English) /ɛl.ˈsæl.və.dɔː/(British English) /ɛl.zal.va.ˈdoːɐ̯/(German) /ɛl.ˈsɑl.vaː.dɔr/(Dutch) /ˈel.ˌsɑl.ʋɑ.dor/(Finnish) /ɛɫ.saɫ.ˈva.dɔr/(Macedonian) /el.sal.va.ˈðoɾ/(Greek)
Meaning & History
Form of Salvador with the Spanish definite article, which was officially added to the name in 1915. Some languages include the untranslated article, some do not, and some use both forms.