[sal-vuh-dawr; for 1, 3 also Sp. sahl-vah-th
awr; for 2 also Port. sahl-vuh-dawr] 
| 1. | El Salvador. |
| 2. | Formerly, Bahia, São Salvador. a seaport in E Brazil. 1,525,831. |
| 3. | a male given name. |
[el sal-vuh-dawr; Sp. el sahl-vah-thawr] | a republic in NW Central America. 5,661,827; 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador. |
[bah-ee-uh, buh-] | 1. | a coastal state of E Brazil. 9,593,687; 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador. |
| 2. | a former name of Salvador. |
| Sal·va·dor (sāl'və-dôr', säl'və-dôr') 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. |
Republic on the Pacific coast of Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the north and east by Honduras, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. San Salvador is its capital and largest city.
Note: Torn by civil unrest and characterized by guerrilla warfare and terrorism (which has included the murder of American civilians), El Salvador became in the 1980s a controversial focus of an American foreign policy that sought to protect American interests in Central America. Unrest eased in the 1990s.