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English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

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

Proper noun edit

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 edit
  • 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.

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

Salinas

  1. plural of Salina

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Salinas (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish, mostly found in Cebu

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Salinas

  1. a surname from Spanish, mostly found in Iloilo

Pangasinan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Salinas

  1. a surname from Spanish

Portuguese edit

Proper noun edit

Salinas

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From salina (salt mine).

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Salinas m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants edit

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

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

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

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “is the barangay grouping named after some person with the surname or from being a possible former salt making location?”

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

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 edit