São Tomé og Príncipe
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, based on Portuguese Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (“Saint Thomas and Prince”), with Portuguese e (“and”) replaced by Norwegian og (“and”). The name combines the names of the country's two principal islands, São Tomé (“Saint Thomas”) and Príncipe (“Prince”).
São Tomé (“Saint Thomas”) was named after Saint Thomas the Apostle, because the island was reached by Portuguese navigators on Saint Thomas's feast day, 21 December. Portuguese São (“Saint”) is from Old Galician-Portuguese Old Galician-Portuguese san (“saint”), a shortened form of santo (“saint”), from Latin Latin sānctus (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Italic Proto-Italic *sanktos (“sacred”), the perfect passive participle of *sankjō (“to consecrate, make sacred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, make a treaty”). The personal name Tomé (“Thomas”) ultimately continues Latin Latin Thōmās (“Thomas”), from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs, “Thomas”), from Aramaic Aramaic תאומא (“twin”).
Príncipe (“Prince”) was originally named Santo Antão after the feast day on which the island was reached. In 1502 it was renamed Ilha do Príncipe after the Prince of Portugal, who received duties from the island's sugar trade. Portuguese príncipe (“prince”) is from Old Galician-Portuguese Old Galician-Portuguese principe (“prince”), also princepe, borrowed from Latin Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; leader, chief”), through its accusative prīncipem. Latin prīnceps developed from an earlier formation containing prīmus (“first”) and capiō (“to take, seize”). prīmus is from Proto-Italic Proto-Italic *prīsmos (“first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front”), while capiō is from Proto-Italic Proto-Italic *kapjō (“to take, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”).
Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk São Tomé og Príncipe, Danish São Tomé og Príncipe, Swedish São Tomé och Príncipe, German São Tomé und Príncipe and English São Tomé and Príncipe.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /¹saʉ tʊˈmeː ɔ ¹ˈprɪn.ʃɪ.pə/, [saʉ tʊˈmèː ɔ ˈprɪ̀n.ʃɪ.pə]
- Rhymes: -ɪnʃɪpə
- Hyphenation: São To‧mé og Prín‧ci‧pe
Proper noun
[edit]São Tomé og Príncipe
- São Tomé and Príncipe; a country in West Africa, Africa, an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, consisting chiefly of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with São Tomé as its capital.
- Kakao har lenge vært en viktig eksportvare for São Tomé og Príncipe. ― Cocoa has long been an important export product for São Tomé and Príncipe.
- 2026 June 25, Nils Petter Thuesen, “São Tomé og Príncipe”, in Store norske leksikon[1]:
- São Tomé og Príncipe er en republikk i Vest-Afrika, i Guineabukta, om lag 275 kilometer fra kysten av Gabon like nord for ekvator.
- São Tomé and Príncipe is a republic in West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, about 275 kilometres off the coast of Gabon just north of the equator.
Usage notes
[edit]- Store norske leksikon gives the official Norwegian long-form name as Den demokratiske republikk São Tomé og Príncipe (“the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe”). The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists Den demokratiske republikk(en) São Tomé og Príncipe, with the ending -en shown parenthetically.
Derived terms
[edit]- saotomeser (“a São Toméan”)
- saotomesisk (“São Toméan”)
See also
[edit]- Algerie
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Den demokratiske republikken Kongo
- Den sentralafrikanske republikk
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ekvatorial-Guinea
- Elfenbenskysten
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kapp Verde
- Kenya
- Komorene
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republikken Kongo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé og Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellene
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sør-Afrika
- Sør-Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tsjad
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
[edit]- “São Tomé og Príncipe” in Store norske leksikon.
- “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Utenriksdepartementet.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago of Central Africa in the Atlantic Ocean)
Related terms
[edit]- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₂k-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- nn:São Tomé and Príncipe
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