Salvador

Bahia state capital

Salvador is the common short form of El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America.

It also names several cities, most notably Salvador (or Salvador da Bahia), a major Brazilian port and former colonial capital known for Afro-Brazilian culture.

As a Spanish and Portuguese given name, Salvador means "savior": Salvador Dalí, Salvador Allende.

Brazil

carnival

Traveling amusement attraction

cobblestone · colonial · historical

Dalí

surrealism

Irrational, dreamlike aesthetic

eccentric · Spain · Catalonia · dreamscape · subconscious · elephants · lobster · flamboyant · avant-garde · museum

rescue

lifeguard

Paid swimming supervisor

aid · relief · evacuation · survival · extricate · liberate · safety · protection · recovery · redeem

ElSalvador

capital

Wealth used for investment

Mayan · coffee · indigo · metropolitan · government · municipality

saint

holy

Dedicated to the divine

veneration · canonization · beatification · sanctity · miracle · devotion · relic · faith · piety · apostle

Categories
Opposites
Brazilian regional identity

SalvadorSão Paulo

Brazilian economic capital

Rio de Janeiro · Brasília

Central American contrasts

SalvadorBelize

Central American coastal nation

Nicaragua · Guatemala · Honduras · Costa Rica

religious/theological meaning

Salvadordestroyer

One that ruins completely

Satan · the devil · Antichrist · damner · perdition

Phrases
Family

Salvadorans, Salvadoran

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G