# São Paulo
## English
### Alternative forms

* Sao 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: /ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* Paulistano
* Saint Paul
* São Paulo caecilian

#### Translations
### See also

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text) :
* States: 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
* Federal District: Federal District

### 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: /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)
** 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

## German
### Alternative forms

* Sao Paulo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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
* São Paulo in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Portuguese form of Saint Paul.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lo/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯.lo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Proper noun

São Paulo m
* Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul

### Proper noun

São Paulo
* 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

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

### Related terms

* paulistano (demonym of city)
* paulista (demonym of state)
* Sampa

### See also

* 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

## 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)