Salina Definition

sə-līnə, -lē-
noun
A salt marsh, pond, or lake.
Webster's New World
An area of land encrusted with salt.
American Heritage
A saltworks.
American Heritage
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

An island of the coast of Sicily.

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A town in Colorado.

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A city in Kansas.

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A town in New York.
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Origin of Salina

  • Of uncertain origin, possibly a variant of, or a coinage inspired by, Selina. The place name Salina (a salt marsh) seems an unlikely source.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from Latin salīnae salt pits from feminine pl. of salīnus of salt saline

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Salina Sentence Examples

  • Some of these - Vera Cruz, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos, Salina Cruz, Manzanillo and Mazatlan - have been greatly improved with costly port works.

  • In addition to the harbours of Valletta, there are in Malta, facing N.W., the bays called Mellieha and St Paul's, the inlets of the Salina, of Madalena, of St Julian and St Thomas; on the S.E.

  • The Mexican and Interoceanic lines connect with Vera Cruz, the Mexican Central with Manzanillo, via Guadalajara and Colima, and the Vera Cruz & Pacific (from Cordoba) with the Tehuantepec line and the port of Salina Cruz.

  • The larger ports for foreign trade are Vera Cruz, Tampico, Progreso, Carmen and Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf coast, and Guaymas, La Paz, Mazatlan, Manzanillo, San Blas, Acapulco and Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast.

  • Certain other remarkable crustacea, however, had made their appearance, especially in connection with the Salina series of the east.

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Words Starting With

SSASAL

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ANAINA

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