Salinas

See also: salinas

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Salinas (countable and uncountable, plural Salinases)

  1. A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
  2. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Salinas is the 393rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 81156 individuals. Salinas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.88%) individuals.

Proper noun

Salinas

  1. plural of Salina

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Salinas, from salina, salinas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlinas/, [s̪ʌˈl̪i.n̪ʌs̪]
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧li‧nas

Proper noun

Salinas (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish, mostly found in Cebu

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish Salinas, from salina, salinas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlinas/, [saˈli.nas]
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧li‧nas

Proper noun

Salinas

  1. a surname from Spanish, mostly found in Iloilo

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Spanish Salinas, from salina, salinas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlinas/, [saˈlɪ.nas]
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧li‧nas

Proper noun

Salinas

  1. a surname from Spanish

Portuguese

Proper noun

Salinas

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Spanish

Etymology

From salina (salt mine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlinas/ [saˈli.nas]
  • Rhymes: -inas
  • Syllabification: Sa‧li‧nas

Proper noun

Salinas m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • Cebuano: Salinas
  • English: Salinas
  • Hiligaynon: Salinas
  • Pangasinan: Salinas
  • Tagalog: Salinas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, from salina, salinas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈlinas/ [sɐˈli.nɐs]
  • Rhymes: -inas
  • Syllabification: Sa‧li‧nas

Proper noun

Salinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish, mostly found in Cavite
  2. Two connected barangays in Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines (see Salinas I and Salinas II)

Derived terms

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