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São Paulo

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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São Paulo

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Saint Paul. Doublet of Saint Paul. The city was originally named "São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga" meaning "Saint Paul of the fields of Piratininga". "Piratininga" comes from Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) and Old Tupi tininga (“to dry”) meaning "dried fish", after the fish that would be stranded on the shore of the Tietê River after a flood and left to dry out.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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São Paulo

  2. A municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil.
    • 2019 November 17, Sarah Holt, “Verstappen wins Brazilian GP as Ferraris collide AND Gasly and Sainz claim first F1 podiums”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.
  4. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Paulo.

Coordinate terms

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states of Braziledit
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Further reading

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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São Paulo m

  1. São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
  2. São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
    • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter XI, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 108; republished as John Weightman, Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:
      Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...]
      — And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...]

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German

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Proper noun

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São Paulo n (proper noun, genitive São Paulos or (optionally with an article) São Paulo)

  1. São Paulo (a city in Brazil)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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São Paulo

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Christian apostle Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɔ ˈpaw.lɔ/
  • Syllabification: Sa‧o Pau‧lo

Proper noun

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São Paulo n (indeclinable)

  1. São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
  2. São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Portuguese form of Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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São Paulo m

  2. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul
  3. São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
    Synonym: (Brazil, abbreviation) SP

Proper noun

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São Paulo f

  1. São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil)
    Synonym: (Brazil, nickname) Sampa

Usage notes

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São Paulo is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

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See also

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states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Saint Paul.

Proper noun

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São Paulo

  1. São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
  2. São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
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