I. səˈlär noun
( plural salar or salars )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a Moslem people of Chinese Turkestan speaking a Turkic dialect
2. : a member of the Salar people
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Salar
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, to salt — more at salada
: 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