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 global health reporter Stephanie Nolen and the photographer Natalija Gormalova reported this story from the country of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Less than forty years elapsed between the Portuguese settlement of São Tomé and Príncipe and the first trans- Atlantic voyages of African captives who were sold into slavery in the Americas.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

A new species of owl with an unusual call has been identified on Príncipe, a small island off the coast of West Africa that was home already to multiple bird species found nowhere else.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

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)