Pronunciation: (san sal'vu-dôr" Sp. sän säl"vä-&thslashôr'), [key]
— n.
Also calledan island in the E central Bahamas: long held to be the first land in the New World sighted by Christopher Columbus 1492. 776; 60 sq. mi. (155 sq. km). Cf.
a city in and the capital of El Salvador. 368,313.