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

When the slave ship Zorg set sail for the Caribbean from the African island of São Tomé on Sept. 6, 1781, it embarked on a horrific journey that would ultimately awaken a movement to end England’s participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

From The Wall Street Journal

Couto is well-known throughout the Portuguese-speaking world - Angola, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome in Africa, as well as Brazil and Portugal.

From BBC

The head of Malaysian coast guard's search and rescue team, Zin Azman Mohamad Yunus, has not explained why the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged tanker tried to flee, but added that further investigations would be carried out.

From BBC

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

Elsewhere, it is rare, with only Angola, Fiji, Lesotho, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, and Tanzania adopting the rule.

From Washington Times