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Sa·li·nas (sə lē′nəs)

city in WC Calif., near Monterey: pop. 151,000

Etymology: after the nearby Salinas River < L salina (see salina): for the salt marshes at its mouth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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