Príncipe

American  

[prin-suh-puh, -pey, preen-see-puh] / ˈprɪn sə pə, -ˌpeɪ, ˈprĩ si pə /

Or Principe

noun

1. an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western coast of Africa: one of the two chief components of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 54 sq. mi. (140 sq. km).

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Príncipe British  

/ ˈprɪ̃sipə, ˈprɪnsɪpiː /

noun

1. an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa: part of São Tomé and Príncipe. Area: 150 sq km (58 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country's eastern coast.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

The birds live in lower-elevation, old-growth forest on the uninhabited, protected south end of Príncipe, which is one of the two main islands that make up the West African nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

Afghanistan, Myanmar and São Tomé and Príncipe are all U.N. member-states, but none took the microphone this year.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Portuguese colonialists began using São Tomé and Príncipe as slave outposts in the 15th century, bringing forced labor from African countries like Angola and Guinea there to be sent to Brazil and the West.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2018

Barriovero, a conventionalist, according to Grandmontagne—yes, and how keen the scent of this American for such matters!—attended the opening of a radical club in the Calle del Príncipe with a party of friends.

From Youth and Egolatry by Fassett, Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat)