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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).


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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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 new government ended the war with the African colonies by granting independence to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique along with Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe, islands off the African coast.

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

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

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 Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat) Fassett

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