São Tomé

American  

[soun too-me, sou tuh-mey] / ˈsãʊ̃ tʊˈmɛ, ˈsaʊ təˈmeɪ /

Or Sao Tome,

noun

1. an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western coast of Gabon, just north of the equator: the larger component of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 318 sq. mi. (824 sq. km).

2. a city on this island: capital of the republic.

3. Pico de the highest mountain on this island, 6,640 feet (2,024 meters).

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Other Word Forms

• São Tomean noun

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 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

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

Richard was not sure how long they had waited before boarding their flight at Lisbon, but the wait at São Tomé for a relief flight to Biafra had stretched to seventeen hours.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie