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salinas

/səlˈinəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
sali-nas
IPA
/səlˈinəs/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of salina

name

A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A coastal city in Santa Elena province, Ecuador.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A parish in Ibarra canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Spanish.

Countable

name

plural of Salina

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Salinases (plural)

Derived Forms

Salinastroika

Phrases

Salinas Valley

Rhymes With

venus genus intravenous venous minas enos cardenas dominus malvinas lenis

Questions

How do you pronounce salinas?
The recorded pronunciation is /səlˈinəs/.
What does salinas mean?
plural of salina
Where does salinas come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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