Salinas

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English

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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.

Etymology 2

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/
  • 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/
  • 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/,
  • 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/
  • 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.

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

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