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Salvador
(sal′və dôr′; Port säl′və dō̂r′)
seaport in E Brazil: capital of Bahia state: pop. 1,501,000
See Salvador in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sălˈvə-dôrˌ, sälˌvə-dôrˈ) Formerly Ba·hi·a (bə-hēˈə, bä-ēˈə)
A city of eastern Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Recife. Founded in 1549, it was the capital of the Portuguese possessions in the New World until 1763. Population: 2,670,000.
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