# Salvador
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsælvədɔː(ɹ)/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Salvador
* A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese.
* A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.
* A municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil.
* Short for San Salvador Island, an island in the Bahamas.
* (historical) Former name of Santiago, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvador is the 2,772nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13,021 individuals. Salvador is most common among Hispanic/Latino (58.07%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.02%) and White (13.97%) individuals.

### Anagrams

* Alvardos, lavadors

## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Salvador (definite accusative Salvadoru, plural Salvadorlar)
* El Salvador (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [səl.βəˈðo]
* IPA: (Balearic) [səl.vəˈðo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [sal.vaˈðoɾ]

### Proper noun

Salvador m
* a male given name
* Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish Salvador.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salbaˈdoɾ/ [s̪ɐl̪.bɐˈd̪oɾ̪]

### Proper noun

Salvador
* a male given name from Spanish

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsalvador]
* Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor

### Proper noun

Salvador m inan (relational adjective salvadorský, demonym Salvadorec)
* El Salvador (a country in Central America)

#### Alternative forms

* Salvádor

### Further reading

* “Salvador”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Salvador”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Salvador”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sal.va.dɔʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Salvador m
* El Salvador (a country in Central America)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɒlvɒdor]
* Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor
* Rhymes: -or

### Proper noun

Salvador
* El Salvador (a country in Central America; official name: Salvadori Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* salvadori

### See also

* Belize
* Costa Rica
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Salvador
* ↑ The Hungarian term may also refer to Middle America in the political and human geographical sense, including Mexico—Mexikó—and the West Indies. For the latter, see Nagy-Antillák, Kis-Antillák, Bahama-szigetek, Turks- és Caicos-szigetek.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /saw.vaˈdoɾ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /saw.vaˈdoɻ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sal.bɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sal.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [saɫ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]
* Homophone: salvador
* Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor

### Proper noun

Salvador m
* a male given name
* Ellipsis of El Salvador, El Salvador (a country in Central America)
* Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)

#### Derived terms

* salvadorense

#### See also

* soteropolitano (demonym)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǎlʋaːdor/
* Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor

### Proper noun

Sàlvādor m (Cyrillic spelling Са̀лва̄дор)
* El Salvador (a country in Central America)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salbaˈdoɾ/ [sal.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: Sal‧va‧dor

### Proper noun

Salvador m
* a male given name, given in honor of Christ as the Savior (Salvador)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /salvaˈdoɾ/ [sɐl.vɐˈd̪oɾ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /salbaˈdoɾ/ [sɐl.bɐˈd̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: Sal‧va‧dor

### Proper noun

Salvadór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔)
* a male given name from Spanish
* a surname from Spanish transferred from the given name

## Uzbek
### Proper noun

Salvador
* El Salvador (a country in Central America)