São Paulo

See also: Sao Paulo

English

Alternative forms

• Sao Paulo

São Paulo

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

São Paulo

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Paulo.
2. A municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil.

Related terms

• Paulistano
• Saint Paul
• São Paulo caecilian

Translations

city and state

• Amharic: ሳው ፓውሉ (saw pawlu)
• Arabic: سَاو بَاوْلُو m (saw bāwlū)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَاو پاوْلُو f (sāw pāwlu), سَاو بَاوْلُو f (sāw bāwlu)

• Armenian: Սան Պաուլո (San Paulo)
• Azerbaijani: San Paulo
• Belarusian: Сан-Паўлу (San-Paŭlu)
• Bulgarian: Са́о Па́уло (Sáo Páulo)
• Burmese: ဆောပိုလိုမြို့ (hcau:puilui-mrui.)
• Catalan: São Paulo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖保羅／圣保罗 (zh) (Shèng-Bǎoluó)

• Corsican: San Paulu
• Dutch: São Paulo (nl)
• Esperanto: San-Paŭlo
• Finnish: São Paulo (fi)
• French: São Paulo (fr) m, Saint-Paul (fr) m
• Georgian: სან-პაულუ (san-ṗaulu)
• German: São Paulo (de), Sankt Paulus
• Greek: Σάο Πάολο n (Sáo Páolo), Σάο Πάουλο n (Sáo Páoulo)
• Hawaiian: San Paulu
• Hebrew: סָאוּ פָאוּלוּ ? (sau paulu)
• Hindi: साओ पाउलो ? (sāo pāulo)
• Italian: San Paolo (it) f
• Japanese: サンパウロ (ja) (Sanpauro), サン・パウロ (San Pauro)
• Kazakh: Сан-Паулу (San-Paulu)
• Khmer: សៅប៉ូឡូ (saw poulou)
• Korean: 상파울루 (Sangpaullu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساوپاولۆ (sawpawlo)

• Lao: ເຊົາເປົາໂລ (sao pao lō)
• Latin: Sanctus Paulus
• Latvian: Sanpaulu
• Lithuaian: San Paulas
• Macedonian: Са́о Па́оло ? (Sáo Páolo)
• Marathi: साओ पाउलो n (sāo pāulo)
• Mongolian: Сан-Па́улу (San-Páulu)
• Persian: سائو پائولو (sâu pâulu)
• Polish: São Paulo (pl)
• Portuguese: São Paulo (pt)
• Romanian: São Paulo
• Russian: Сан-Па́улу (ru) m (San-Páulu)
• Sardinian: Santu Paulu m, São Paulo m
• Sicilian: San Paulu
• Spanish: San Pablo (es), São Paulo (es), Sao Paulo (es)
• Telugu: సౌ పౌలో (sau paulō), సాయో పౌలో (sāyō paulō), సావో పాలో (sāvō pālō)
• Thai: เซาเปาลู (sao bpao loo)
• Turkish: São Paulo
• Ukrainian: Сан-Пау́лу (San-Paúlu)
• Urdu: ساؤں پاؤلو (saũ paulu)
• Uyghur: سان پاۋلو (san pawlo)
• Uzbek: San-Paulu
• Vietnamese: São Paulo

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of 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: en:States of Brazil)}

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.o po.lo/

Proper noun

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., [...]

See also

• pauliste, Pauliste

Polish

São Paulo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɔ ˈpaw.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -awlɔ

Proper noun

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

• São Paulo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• São Paulo in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Portuguese form of Saint Paul.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lo/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/

• Audio (BR)

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Proper noun

São Paulo m

2. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul

Proper noun

São Paulo

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

   Synonym: (Brazil, nickname) Sampa

4. São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

   Synonym: (Brazil, abbreviation) SP

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• paulistano (demonym of city)
• paulista (demonym of state)

See also

• (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Saint Paul.

Proper noun

São Paulo

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