Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt marsh, spring, pond, or lake.
- noun An area of land encrusted with salt.
- noun A saltworks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saline; salt-works; any place where salt is deposited, gathered, or manufactured.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
- noun Salt works.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in central Kansas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bishop Coakley of salina was a student of the Great Books program of the late Dr. John Senior.
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The western section of the Araya peninsula is characterized by a long, sandy plain that is frequently inundated by sea water, forming the extensive Araya salina.
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The final scene brought an overwhelming desire to sob and vomit... -salina
Hancock (2008) Steven Barnes 2008
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Anostracans usually reproduce sexually, though parthenogenetic reproduction occurs in some populations of Artemia salina, the brine shrimp.
Crustacea 2008
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The large complex of lagoons around Cumaná, the large salina of the Golf of Cariaco and the lagoons along the Araya peninsula, (sometimes adjacent to populated areas), are refuges to many bird species.
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For nine hours we held on our way, starting with noisy shouts the fierce rhinoceros, the timid quagga, and the herds of antelopes which crowd the jungles of this broad salina.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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I may have been deceived, but I imagined I saw large expanses of greyish-blue water, which causes me to believe that this salina is but a corner of a great salt lake.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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Though the height we ascended was barely 800 feet above the salina we had just left, the ascent occupied two hours.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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Another source of wealth will be El – Melláhah, “the salina,” along which we shall travel: every man who has a donkey may carry off what he pleases, and sell to pilgrims and
The Land of Midian 2003
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There is another salina about one hour down the coast, formed by a reef, near the
The Land of Midian 2003
ztugsuu commented on the word salina
davsarhag, dalain ereg
November 21, 2022