São Paulo

== English == === Alternative forms === Sao Paulo === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/ === Proper noun === São Paulo A municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: São Paulo. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Category:São Paulo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons São Paulo on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage São Paulo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese, named after Saint Paul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sa.o po.lo/ === Proper noun === São Paulo m São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil) São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil) ==== See also ==== pauliste, Pauliste == German == === Alternative forms === Sao Paulo === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saʊ̯ ˈpaʊ̯lo/, /ˌsaːo .../, /z-/ === Proper noun === São Paulo n (proper noun, genitive São Paulos or (optionally with an article) São Paulo) São Paulo (a city in Brazil) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Christian apostle Saint Paul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɔ ˈpaw.lɔ/ Syllabification: Sa‧o Pau‧lo === Proper noun === 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 === “São Paulo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) São Paulo in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === From São + Paulo. Portuguese form of Saint Paul. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === São Paulo m Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil) Synonym: (Brazil, abbreviation) SP === Proper noun === São Paulo f São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil) Synonym: (Brazil, nickname) Sampa === Usage notes === São Paulo is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. === Related terms === === See also === == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese São Paulo, named after Saint Paul. === Proper noun === São Paulo São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil) São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)