saat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1薩爾瓦多萨尔瓦多
Jyutpingsaat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1
Yalesaat yíh ngáh dō
Definition
El Salvador; a country in northern Central America with its capital at San Salvador.
neutralplaces
How it's used
Geographic names ending in 'dor' are frequently transliterated using the character 薩, which is also used for names like 薩摩亞. This specific transliteration is standard in Hong Kong media and official documents. It functions strictly as a proper noun and does not carry any additional semantic meaning in Cantonese.
Examples
Do you know where El Salvador is?
I really want to go to El Salvador for a trip.
Related words
Common phrases
capital of El Salvador
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