salina1
/səˈlʌɪnə
/noun
(Chiefly in the Caribbean or South America) a salt pan, salt lake, or salt marsh.Playas (salinas in South America; sabkhas or sebkhas in Africa) are found in closed interior basins, or bolsons, in arid regions....
- Salt deserts or salt pans - ‘salinas’ in Latin America - are among the most extreme habitats on Earth.
- 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.’
Origin
Late 16th century: from Spanish, from medieval Latin, 'salt pit', in Latin salinae (plural) 'salt pans'.
Salina2
/səˈlīnə
/An industrial and commercial city in central Kansas; population 46,483 (est. 2008).
Rhymes
- iora
- I (or he etc.) will try anything once
- I (or he, she, etc.) cannot (or could not) say
- I (or he, she, etc.) can't win
- I (or he, she, etc.) couldn't (informal also could) care less
- I (or he, she, etc.) didn't come down in the last shower
- I (or he, she, etc.) wasn't born yesterday
- I (or I'll) tell you what
- I (or I'll) warrant (you)
- iOS
- IoT
- iota
- iota subscript
- IOU
- -ious
- IOW
- Iowa
- Iowa City
- Iowan
- IP
- IPA
- IP address
- Ipatieff, Vladimir Nikolaievich
- ipecac
- ipecacuanha