salar

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noun (1)

sa·​lar

səˈlär

plural -s

: a salt-encrusted depression (as in the nitrate fields of Chile) that may or may not be the basin of an evaporated lake compare salada, salina

Salar

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noun (2)

Sa·​lar

səˈlär

plural Salar or Salars

1

: a Muslim people of Chinese Turkestan speaking a Turkic dialect

2

: a member of the Salar people

Salar

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adjective

"

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Salar

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

American Spanish, from Spanish, to salt

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Rhymes for salar

• calor
• malheur
• pallor
• valor
• valour