El Salvador

[el sal-vuh-dawr, el sahl-vah-thawr]

noun

1. a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). San Salvador.

El Salvador

/ ɛl ˈsælvəˌdɔː /

noun

1. a republic in Central America, on the Pacific: colonized by the Spanish from 1524; declared independence in 1841, becoming a republic in 1856. It consists of coastal lowlands rising to a central plateau. Coffee constitutes over a third of the total exports. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: San Salvador. Pop: 6 108 590 (2013 est). Area: 21 393 sq km (8236 sq miles)

El Salvador

1. Republic on the Pacific coast of Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the north and east by Honduras, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. San Salvador is its capital and largest city.

Torn by civil unrest and characterized by guerrilla warfare and terrorism (which has included the murder of American civilians), El Salvador became in the 1980s a controversial focus of an American foreign policy that sought to protect American interests in Central America. Unrest eased in the 1990s.

Example Sentences

The rise in affected animals in Mexico comes just days after US health authorities said that they had confirmed the first human case in a patient who had returned to the US from El Salvador.

From BBC

“This illegal alien from El Salvador was arrested in Pacoima, CA.,”

From Los Angeles Times

He was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador in March, and then brought back to face criminal charges.

From BBC

Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador earlier this year, has been released from a Tennessee jail and is now back in Maryland awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

From Salon

He was deported to his native El Salvador in March, and initially kept in the notorious Cecot prison.

From BBC