Salinas

See also: salinas

English

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 393^rd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salinas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Salians, nasalis

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlinas/ [s̪ɐˈl̪i.n̪ɐs̪]
• 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/ [saˈli.nas]
• 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/, [saˈlɪ.nas]
• 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/ [saˈli.nas]
• 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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlinas/ [sɐˈliː.n̪ɐs]
• Rhymes: -inas
• Syllabification: Sa‧li‧nas

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

• Salinas I
• Salinas II
• Salinas III
• Salinas IV