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Definition: Salina |
SalinaNoun1. A town in central Kansas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Salina" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the moon". |
Date "Salina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Salina \Sa*li"na\, noun. [Compare to Latin salinae, plural, salt works, from sal salt. See Saline,]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. A place where crystalline salt deposits are formed or found, such as a salt flat or pan, a salada, or a salt lick; esp. a salt-encrusted playa or a wet playa. See also:playa b. A body of saline water, such as a salt pond, lake, well, or spring, or a playa lake having a high concentration of salts c. Saltworks d. Salt marsh. Etymol: Spanish; saltpit; salt mine; saltworks. Anglicizedequivalent: saline. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Salina is a city located in Saline County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 45,679. It is the county seat of Saline County6.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Salina is a town located in Onondaga County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 33,290.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Salina is a town located in Mayes County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,422.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Salina is a city located in Sevier County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,393.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Salina."
Crosswords: Salina |
| English words defined with "Salina": Artemia salina ♦ Saliferous rocks, Salina period. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Salina": 74365 ♦ 84654. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Salina" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (saline, saltern), Portuguese (boilery, saline, saltern), Spanish (salina, saline, salt marsh, salt pan, salt pit, salt works, saltern). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Road to Salina (1971) La Ragazza della salina (1957) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | U.S. Army Air Forces. Regional Hospital, Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kan. : Aerial view.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Economic History | Mexico | Mexico has two free ports: Puerto Mexico and Salina Cruz. (references) |
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| "Salina" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Salina" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Salina" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Salina | First name Female | 4,000 | 1,677 |
| Salina | Last name | 170 | 54,505 |
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| "Salina" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the moon". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Salina." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Salena | Female | N/A | Selina |
| Salina | Female | N/A | Selina |
| Selene | Female | English | N/A |
| Selene | Female | Greek | N/A |
| Selene | Female | Greek Mythology | N/A |
| Selena | Female | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | Selene |
| Selina | Female | Russian | Selena |
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1. Salina, KS (city, FIPS 62700) 2. Salina, OK (town, FIPS 64950) 3. Salina, UT (city, FIPS 65880) |
Expressions using "Salina": Artemia salina ♦ salina period. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
salina kansas | 936 |
salina journal | 552 |
salina | 213 |
salina utah | 34 |
puerto salina | 34 |
la salina | 30 |
del mar salina | 30 |
baja la salina | 27 |
salina hotel | 26 |
kansas newspaper salina | 25 |
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| Language | Translations for "Salina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | солна мина (saline), солено блато (saline, salt), солена почва (saline). (various references) | |
Chinese | 盐沼 (Salinas). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלח". (various references) | |
Korean | 염수성 (Salinas). (various references) | |
Manx | reeast sailjey, logh hailjey (lake, lake arm of the sea, salt lake). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alinasay.(various references) | |
Spanish | salina (brine pond, saline, salt marsh, salt pan, salt pit, salt works, saltern). (various references) | |
Ukranian | соляне озеро. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Salina": salinas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Salina": desalinate, desalinated, desalinates, desalinating, desalination, desalinations, desalinator, desalinators. (additional references) | |
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"Salina" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alinak, Aslin, Asline, Balija, Calcinai, Kalinka, Kalinta, Nalini, saalian, Saeima, Sagina, Sailana, Sailja, Sainham, Saiqa, Salala, Salbin, Saleha, Saliba, Salicam, Saligna, Saliha, Salin, Salinae, Salingar, Salmina, Saluja, saluna, Salya, Saolanum, Sapinta, Sarina, Sauleyan, Scallini, Seleena, selina, Selinda, Shalini, Silanov, Solignac, Soyinka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Salina" (pronounced sulē"nu) |
| 5 | -u l ē" n u | galena. |
| 3 | -ē" n u | arena, ballerina, cantina, catena, concertina, Farina, hyena, Marina, Mina, patina, Pina, Regina, subpoena, vena, verbena, Vina. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lanais, lianas, nasial. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: alans, alias, anils, anlas, lanai, liana, nails, nasal, slain, snail. | |
-2 letters: aals, ails, ains, alan, alas, anal, anas, anil, anis, ansa, lain, lins, nail, nils, sail, sain, sial. | |
-3 letters: aal, aas, ail, ain, ais, ala, als, ana, ani, ins, las, lin, lis, nil, sal, sin. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, al, an, as, in, is, la, li, na, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: agnails, alanins, animals, basinal, kalians, laminas, manilas, salinas, salpian. | |
+2 letters: alanines, alations, aluminas, analgias, analysis, ancillas, annalist, bailsman, canalise, fantails, jalapins, laniards, lanitals, mainsail, manillas, nasalise, nasality, nasalize, orinasal, paladins, platinas, salpians, santalic, sialidan, staminal, tailfans, talisman, valiants, valonias, vanillas. | |
+3 letters: ablations, ailanthus, airplanes, alfaquins, alginates, alienages, alienates, alizarins, allanites, allantois, alliances, anabolism, analcimes, analcites, analgesia, analgesic, analities, analogies, analogist, analysing, analytics, anaplasia, anelastic, angelicas, animalism, annalists, anomalies, antalgics, antisolar, arsenical, artisanal, ashlaring, assailant, assailing, atonalism, atonalist, aventails, balsaming, banalizes, bangtails, basilican, brantails, calamines, calamints, canailles, canalised, canalises, canalizes, cannibals, cardinals, carnivals, chaplains, claimants, diagonals, dilatants, dulcianas, franglais, galivants, galvanise, galvanism, geranials, halations, handrails, hangnails, inhalants, javelinas, kaoliangs, laitances, laminates, laniaries, larrigans, lavations, laxations, lunarians, magnolias, mainlands, mainsails, mantillas, nailheads, nasalised, nasalises, nasalized, nasalizes, nationals, neoplasia, nostalgia, orinasals, palatines, passional, plainsman, planarias, plantains, rainfalls, rationals, sailplane, salaaming, salarying, saltation, salvaging, salvation, sandaling, santolina, selachian, sialidans, signalman, stainable, stational, talapoins, talismans, tantalise, valencias, valerians, valiances, vandalise, vandalism. | |
+4 letters: acylations, adhesional, adulations, aflatoxins, alienators, alkalising, allantoins, almandines, almandites, altiplanos, aluminates, amygdalins, anabolisms, analeptics, analgesias, analgesics, analgetics, analogists, analogizes, anaplasias, anaplastic, andalusite, animaliers, animalisms, animalizes, annalistic, annelidans, annualizes, antipodals, antisexual, antisocial, appliances, applicants, arsenicals, asphalting, assailants, assaulting, assignable, atonalisms, atonalists, baldachins, balkanizes, ballasting, ballerinas, banalities, battalions, blatancies, botanicals, caecilians, campaniles, canalising, canonicals, cantilenas, canvaslike, carnassial, carnelians, chalazions, chatelains, cobalamins, dalliances, dalmatians, dealations, desalinate, enchiladas, escalading, escalating, escalation, fairylands, galantines, galenicals, galingales, gallamines, gallivants, galvanised, galvanises, galvanisms, galvanizes, imbalances, inaugurals, inhalators, insatiable, insatiably, intranasal, italianise, lactations, lagniappes, lambasting, lamebrains, laminarias, laminarins, laminators, landladies, laudations, lawmakings, leishmania, leviathans, librarians, lovastatin, luminarias, malathions, mammalians, marshaling, misbalance, nasalising, nasalities, nasalizing, natalities, naturalise, naturalism, naturalist, naviculars, neoplasias, neuralgias, nialamides, nonspatial, nostalgias, occasional, organismal, palanquins, palisading, palmations, palpations, paralysing, partisanly, paulownias, placations, planarians, planations, rainsquall, rationales, reanalysis, sailplaned, sailplaner, sailplanes, salivating, salivation, salmagundi, saltations, salutation, salvations, sandalling, sanitarily, santolinas, saturnalia, scandaling, scandalise, scandalize, scarlatina, seamanlike, selachians, semantical, semiannual, senatorial, simoniacal, sinoatrial, spallation, sporangial, subclavian, tailplanes, talismanic, tantalised, tantalises, tantalites, tantalizes, tarpaulins, tillandsia, trainloads, unassailed, unsalaried, valiancies, valuations, vandalised, vandalises, vandalisms, vandalizes, vulgarians, wassailing. | |
+5 letters: aboriginals, accessional, accidentals, acetanilids, adrenalines, ailanthuses, alabastrine, algolagnias, alienations, alkalinizes, alkylations, allantoides, allegations, allegiances, allocations, alterations, ambulations, amiableness, anadiploses, anadiplosis, anaphylaxis, ancillaries, andalusites, angioplasty, angulations, animalcules, animalistic, animalities, annihilates, annulations, antifungals, antimonials, antimusical, antiphonals, antiplagues, antirealism, antirealist, antislavery, ascensional, atonalities, backlashing, balbriggans, baldachinos, banderillas, berascaling, calamondins, calumniates, calypsonian, canaliculus, cannabinols, cannibalise, cannibalism, cantillates, carnalities, carnallites, carnassials, chatelaines, complaisant, culinarians, delaminates, desalinated, desalinates, desalinator, diagnosable, dilatancies, dilatations, escalations, evaluations, exaltations, exhalations, expansional, fantastical, fashionable, fashionably, flagrancies, floatations, fraxinellas, gallantries, galvanising, galvanizers, gestational, glaciations, glassmaking, glutaminase, granadillas, hollandaise, inadvisable, increasable, inescapable, inescapably, inflatables, inhalations, insatiately, inseparable, inseparably, invalidates, invariables, irrationals, italianates, italianised, italianises, italianizes, jubilarians, laborsaving, lacerations, laminarians, laminations, landscaping, landscapist, lanthanides, laureations, leishmanial, leishmanias, lovastatins, maculations, mainlanders, malignances, manipulates, manorialism, marshalling, martingales, maternalism, mechanicals, mediastinal, mesalliance, metanalysis, misalliance, misanalyses, misanalysis, misbalanced, misbalances, miscellanea, monochasial, nationalise, nationalism, nationalist, naturalised, naturalises, naturalisms, naturalists, naturalizes, noncapitals, nyctalopias, palatinates, palliations, parasailing, parliaments, paternalism, paternalist, plainchants, planarities, plantations, playactings, playmakings, postcranial, radicalness, rainsqualls, rapscallion, rationalise, rationalism, rationalist, reassailing, recanalizes, relaxations, sacculation, sailboating, sailplaners, sailplaning, salivations, salmagundis, salutations, salvational, satanically, saturnalian, saturnalias, scandalised, scandalises, scandalized, scandalizes, scandalling, scarlatinal, scarlatinas, seasonality, selaginella, seminatural, sensational, situational, spallations, stagflation, stalemating, subclavians, submarginal, subnational, subrational, substantial, summational, sustainable, syntactical, tabulations, tantalising, tantalizers, tarnishable, thrasonical, tillandsias, transalpine, translating, translation, translative, transmittal, unclassical, valiantness, validations, vandalising, vandalistic, vulcanisate, zabagliones. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 69 6E 61 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-.. .. -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l i n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0069 006E 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536778758067 |
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