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salvation Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...

" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Salvador (band) Salvador is a Contemporary Christian music, Christian band. The band began with brothers Nic and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas, King of Glory church. They sing in both English ...

, a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' (Salvador album), 2000 * ''Salvador'' (Ricardo Villalobos album), 2006 * ''Salvador'' (Sega Bodega album) 2020 *"Salvador", a song by Jamie T from the 2007 album '' Panic Prevention''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Salvador'' (book), a 1983 book by Joan Didion *

Salvador (character) ''Borderlands 2'' is a 2012 Action role-playing game, action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K (company), 2K. Taking place five years following the events of ''Borderlands (video game ...

, a fictional character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * ''Salvador'' (film), a 1986 motion picture about the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s *''

Salvador (Puig Antich) ''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' (or ''Salvador'') is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior ...

'', a 2006 Spanish film about Salvador Puig Antich * "Salvador" (short story), a 1984 science fiction short story by Lucius Shepard

Places

Brazil

Salvador, Bahia Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognize ...

, the capital of the State of Bahia, Brazil, the largest city in the world with this name

Canada

* Salvador, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan

El Salvador

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

, a Central American country **

San Salvador San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and fin ...

, the capital of El Salvador

Philippines

El Salvador, Misamis Oriental El Salvador, officially the City of El Salvador (; ), is a component city in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,771 people. The city serves as a pilgrimage site for Divine ...

, a city in the province of Misamis Oriental *

Salvador, Lanao del Norte Salvador, officially the Municipality of Salvador ( Maranao: ''Inged a Salvador''; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,115 people. History Salvador was ...

, a municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte *

Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental Don Salvador Benedicto, officially the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto (; ) or simply Salvador Benedicto and abbreviated as DSB, is a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...

, a municipality in the province of Negros Occidental

United States

Lake Salvador Lake Salvador () is a lake about southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, in Jefferson, Lafourche, and St. Charles parishes. The lake has had multiple names. On the d'Anville map of 1732, the lake was Lac des Ounchas. The Darby map of 1816 lists ...

, a lake in the State of Louisiana, United States of America

Elsewhere

Salvador (Madrid) Salvador is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, ...

, a ward of San Blas-Canillejas district, Madrid, Spain *

Salvador Settlement Salvador, also called Salvador Settlement Corral, is a small harbour and Human settlement, settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, It is on the north east coast, on the south shore of Port Salvador. It is one of a handful of Spanish ...

, a community in the Falkland Islands, United Kingdom *

Tevego Tevego was a settlement and eventual penal colony in Paraguay between 1813 and 1823. It was repopulated in 1843, but then abandoned during the Paraguayan War in the 1860s. History Tevego was founded by order of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Fran ...

, previously known as Villa del Divino Salvador, a settlement in the Concepción Department, Paraguay *

El Salvador, Chile El Salvador is a mining town in the commune of Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Located at an elevation of more than 2,400 meters in the foothills of the Andes and in the middle of the Atacama Desert, it has a popul ...

, a village in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Other uses

Salvador (grape) Salvador is a red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Central Valley of California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Orego ...

, a red wine grape grown primarily in California *Salvador (Sav), a protein kinase involved in the

Hippo signaling pathway The Hippo signaling pathway, also known as the Salvador-Warts-Hippo (SWH) pathway, is a signaling pathway that controls organ size in animals through the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis. The pathway takes its name from one of it ...