São Paulo
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese, 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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[edit]São Paulo
- A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Paulo.
- A municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil.
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See also
[edit]- (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goias, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins (Category: en:States of Brazil)
Further reading
[edit]Category:São Paulo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
São Paulo on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
São Paulo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.
Pronunciation
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[edit]São Paulo m
- São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
- 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., [...]
See also
[edit]Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Christian apostle Saint Paul.
Pronunciation
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[edit]São Paulo n (indeclinable)
- São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
- São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Portuguese form of Saint Paul.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]- Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul
Proper noun
[edit]- São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
- Synonym: (Brazil, nickname) Sampa
- São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
- Synonym: (Brazil, abbreviation) SP
Usage notes
[edit]São Paulo is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Related terms
[edit]- paulistano (demonym of city)
- paulista (demonym of state)
See also
[edit]- (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins (Category: pt:States of Brazil)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Saint Paul.
Proper noun
[edit]São Paulo
- São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)
- São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
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