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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of eastern Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Recife. Founded in 1549, it was the capital of the Portuguese possessions in the New World until 1763.

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  • proper noun A male given name of Spanish origin.
  • proper noun The state capital of Bahia in Brazil.

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  • noun a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America

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Examples

  • SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - El Salvador police are probing whether a man representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti is the same person sought in the Central American nation for human trafficking, a statement said Saturday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - El Salvador police are probing whether a man representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti is the same person sought in the Central American nation for human trafficking, a statement said Saturday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - El Salvador police are probing whether a man representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti is the same person sought in the Central American nation for human trafficking, a statement said Saturday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - El Salvador police are probing whether a man representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti is the same person sought in the Central American nation for human trafficking, a statement said Saturday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • SAN SALVADOR, Mar 12 (IPS) - The campaign for next Sunday's presidential elections in El Salvador wrapped up at midnight Wednesday, muddied by complaints of irregularities and fear mongering propaganda that could influence the outcome.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • SAN SALVADOR - At least 40 people have been killed in floods caused by the hurricane Ida that swept El Salvador, interior minister said Sunday.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SALVADOR DIAZ-VERSON AS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION The President today announced his intent to appoint Salvador

    Diaz Verson Member Of The Christopher Columbus Fellowship ITY National Archives 2000

  • I came to the mine as a guest of a friend, Eduardo Anguiano, whose brother Salvador is the official photographer for the Museo Technologico Minero, and its curator, resident muralist and ostensible owner, Don Gustavo Bernal Navarro.

    Night in Mina Dos Estrellas, a haunted mine in Mexico 2009

  • I came to the mine as a guest of a friend, Eduardo Anguiano, whose brother Salvador is the official photographer for the Museo Technologico Minero, and its curator, resident muralist and ostensible owner, Don Gustavo Bernal Navarro.

    Night in Mina Dos Estrellas, a haunted mine in Mexico 2009

  • Mr Read told the Herald: The anti-hero is an aid worker, a Basque who was once a Jesuit in Salvador and left to join the guerrillas.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

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