São Paulo

Alternative forms

• Sao Paulo

Etymology

From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/

Proper noun

São Paulo

1. A state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo.
2. A municipality, the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Etymology

From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Proper noun

São Paulo m

1. São Paulo (a state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo)
2. São Paulo (a municipality, the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil)
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, chap. X,I p. 108

     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., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, →ISBN

Etymology

são (“saint”) +‎ Paulo (“Paul”)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/, /ˌsɐ̃.ˈpaw.lu/

Proper noun

São Paulo m

1. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul
2. São Paulo (a state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo)

Proper noun

São Paulo f

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