Salinas

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.

Salinas (countable and uncountable, plural Salinases)

1. A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
2. (countable) A surname from Spanish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salinas is the 393^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 81156 individuals. Salinas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.88%) individuals.

Salinas

1. plural of Salina

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salinas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Salians, nasalis

• Hyphenation: Sa‧li‧nas
• IPA^(key): /saˈlinas/, [s̪ʌˈl̪i.n̪ʌs̪]

Salinas

1. a surname from Spanish

Salinas

1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

• IPA^(key): /saˈlinas/ [saˈli.nas]
• Rhymes: -inas
• Syllabification: Sa‧li‧nas

Salinas m or f by sense

1. a surname

• English: Salinas