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São Paulo

[soun pou-loh, sou pou-loh]

noun

  1. a state in S Brazil. 95,714 sq. mi. (247,898 sq. km).

  2. a city in and the capital of this state.



São Paulo

/ sə̃un ˈpaulu /

noun

  1. a state of SE Brazil: consists chiefly of tableland draining west into the Paraná River. Capital: São Paulo. Pop: 38 177 742 (2002). Area: 247 239 sq km (95 459 sq miles)

  2. a city in S Brazil, capital of São Paulo state: the largest city and industrial centre in Brazil, with one of the busiest airports in the world; three universities. Pop: 25 000 (1874); 2 017 025 (1950); Pop: 18 333 000 (2005 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

São Paulo

  1. City in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in Brazil and in South America.

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Even with the sprints in Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar added into the equation.

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The session ran for two hours and the six red-flag stoppages broke a record that had previously been tied by the 2022 Emilia-Romagna and 2024 Sao Paulo Grands Prix.

From BBC

The league had the Chargers hosting a game in São Paulo, and because of the distance, it only made sense to make it an opener.

The NFL makes no secret that it is going global — witness the season opener in São Paulo between the Chiefs and Chargers.

In July 2018, three months before the election, I was BBC Brasil's São Paulo bureau chief.

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