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El Salvador definition

El Sal·va·dor (el sal′və dôr′; el′ säl′və dôr′)

country in Central America, southwest of Honduras, on the Pacific: declared itself independent from Spain in 1821; became a fully independent republic in 1841: 8,124 sq mi (21,041 sq km); pop. 5,048,000; cap. San Salvador

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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