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Definition of salina in English: salinanoun səˈlʌɪnə (chiefly in the Caribbean or South America) a salt pan, salt lake, or salt marsh. Example sentencesExamples - Salt deserts or salt pans - ‘salinas’ in Latin America - are among the most extreme habitats on Earth.
- Near a remote salina, a brackish water hole, the tracks of ocelots and lesser anteaters dimpled the shoreline.
- Although the industry collapsed more than a century ago, the greater part of the island is occupied by the ‘salinas ‘or salt-ponds, with the remains of sluice gates and windmills still evident.’
- Playas (salinas in South America; sabkhas or sebkhas in Africa) are found in closed interior basins, or bolsons, in arid regions.
Synonyms marsh, marshland, swamp, swampland, sump, mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slough, fen, fenland, wetland, carr
Origin Late 16th century: from Spanish, from medieval Latin, 'salt pit', in Latin salinae (plural) 'salt pans'. noun (chiefly in the Caribbean or South America) a salt pan, salt lake, or salt marsh. Example sentencesExamples - Playas (salinas in South America; sabkhas or sebkhas in Africa) are found in closed interior basins, or bolsons, in arid regions.
- Near a remote salina, a brackish water hole, the tracks of ocelots and lesser anteaters dimpled the shoreline.
- Although the industry collapsed more than a century ago, the greater part of the island is occupied by the ‘salinas ‘or salt-ponds, with the remains of sluice gates and windmills still evident.’
- Salt deserts or salt pans - ‘salinas’ in Latin America - are among the most extreme habitats on Earth.
Synonyms marsh, marshland, swamp, swampland, sump, mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slough, fen, fenland, wetland, carr
Origin Late 16th century: from Spanish, from medieval Latin, ‘salt pit’, in Latin salinae (plural) ‘salt pans’. proper noun An industrial and commercial city in central Kansas; population 46,483 (est. 2008).
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