salina C2 Topic:Nature & Landscape US /səˈlaɪnə/ UK /səˈlaɪnə/ See IPA manual Freq #53858 Meanings 1 noun a salt marsh, salt pond, saline lake, or spring Workers gathered salt from the shallow salina after the water had evaporated. 2 noun a place where salt is produced or collected Great piles of salt stood beside the salina ready for export. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a salt marsh, salt pond,... salt marshsalt pondsalt lake 2 noun · a place where salt is... saltworkssalt pan Word family Forms salinas Related forms salinesalar Etymology Borrowed from Spanish salina, from Latin salinae ("saltworks, salt pits"), from salinus ("salty"), ultimately from sal ("salt"). Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # salina **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /səˈlaɪnə/ **IPA (UK):** /səˈlaɪnə/ **Frequency rank:** 53858 ## Meanings 1. a salt marsh, salt pond, saline lake, or spring 2. a place where salt is produced or collected ## Examples - Workers gathered salt from the shallow salina after the water had evaporated. - Great piles of salt stood beside the salina ready for export. ## Synonyms - salt marsh - saltworks - salt pan ## Related Forms - saline - salar ## Etymology Borrowed from Spanish salina, from Latin salinae ("saltworks, salt pits"), from salinus ("salty"), ultimately from sal ("salt"). ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown