Definition of El Salvador in English:
El Salvador
A country in Central America, on the Pacific coast; population 6,100,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Spanish; capital, San Salvador.
The territory was conquered by the Spanish in 1524 and gained its independence in 1821. Between 1979 and 1992 the country was devastated by a civil war marked by the activities of right-wing death squads and resistance by left-wing guerrillas; a UN-brokered peace accord was agreed in 1992
Definition of El Salvador in US English:
El Salvador
A country in western Central America, on the Pacific coast; population 6,100,000 (estimated 2015); capital, San Salvador; official language, Spanish.
The territory was conquered by the Spanish in 1524 and gained its independence in 1821. Between 1979 and 1992 El Salvador was devastated by a civil war that was marked by the activities of right-wing death squads and resistance by left-wing guerrillas. A UN-brokered peace accord was agreed upon in 1992