Santos

American

[san-tuhs, sahn-toos] / ˈsæn təs, ˈsɑ̃ tʊs /

noun

a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.

Santos British

/ ˈsəntuʃ /

noun

a port in S Brazil, in São Paulo state: the world's leading coffee port. Pop: 1 634 000 (2005 est)

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Fellow 18-year-old Leandro Martins Dos Santos says many of his friends spent "a fortune" on getting dressed up, but his outlay was modest.

From BBC

That’s because shipping companies might be allocating fewer ships to Santos as they try to keep their routes to Europe supplied.

From MarketWatch

Sara Santos, the project's principal investigator, said the findings represent an important step toward understanding how crops might be grown on the lunar surface.

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