São Paulo

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Saint Paul

Translations

São Paulo

São Paulo

Σάο Πάολο

San Paolo

São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo

Sao Paulo

San Pablo

São Paulo

São Paulo

San Paolo del Brasile

Σάο Πάουλο

Παύλος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊ.loʊ/

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.