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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “Americas' Little Thumb”, named so because El Salvador is the smallest country in the mainland of the Americas. Coined by Salvadoran Julio Enrique Ávila Villafañe in his speech titled El Salvador, Pulgarcito de América broadcasted on the RDN radio, on September 15, 1937 (Independence Day in El Salvador).[1] The term is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Gabriela Mistral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pulɡaɾˌθito de aˈmeɾika/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pulɡaɾˌsito de aˈmeɾika/
- Syllabification: Pul‧gar‧ci‧to de A‧mé‧ri‧ca
Proper noun
Pulgarcito de América m
- (colloquial) El Salvador
References
- ^ Carlos Cañas Dinarte (2024 May 11) “El migueleño que creó la frase "El Salvador, Pulgarcito de América"”, in El Diario de Hoy, archived from the original on 2024-09-08