São Tomé and Príncipe

See also: Sao Tome and Principe

English

São Tomé and Príncipe on a globe.

Alternative forms

• Sao Tome and Principe

Etymology

From Portuguese São Tomé (literally “Saint Thomas”) and Portuguese Príncipe (literally “Prince”), the two major islands which form the nation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊ təˈmeɪ ən ˈpɹɪnsɪpeɪ/

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Proper noun

São Tomé and Príncipe

2. A country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. Official name: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Capital: São Tomé.

Synonyms

• Sao Tome, São Tomé, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Meronyms

• (districts of São Tomé and Príncipe) district of São Tomé and Príncipe; Água Grande, Autonomous Region of Príncipe, Cantagalo, Caué, Lembá, Lobata, Mé-Zóchi,

Translations

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

• Afrikaans: São Tomé en Principe
• Amharic: ሳን ቶሜ እና ፕሪንሲፔ (san tome ʾəna pərinsipe)
• Arabic: سَاو تُومِي وبْرِينْسِيب (saw tūmī wa-brīncīb)
• Armenian: Սան Տոմե և Պրինսիպի (San Tome ew Prinsipi)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܪܝ ܬܐܘܿܡܵܐ ܘܦܪܝܼܢܣܝܼܦܹܐ f (mār tˀōmā w-prīnsīpē)
• Azerbaijani: San-Tome və Prinsipi
• Belarusian: Сан-Тамэ́ і Пры́нсіпі f or n (San-Tamé i Prýnsipi)
• Bengali: সাঁউ তুমি ও প্রিন্সিপি (bn) (śãu tumi ō prinśipi)
• Breton: São Tomé ha Príncipe
• Bulgarian: Сао Томе́ и При́нсипи (Sao Tomé i Prínsipi)
• Burmese: ဆောင်တူမေးနှင့် ပရင်စီပီ (hcaungtume:hnang. pa.rangcipi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖多美和普林西比／圣多美和普林西比 (zh) (Shèngduōměi hé Pǔlínxībǐ)

• Czech: Svatý Tomáš a Princův ostrov (cs) m
• Danish: São Tomé og Príncipe
• Dutch: Sao Tomé en Principe (nl)
• Esperanto: Saotomeo, Sao-Tomeo kaj Principeo
• Farefare: Sãũ-tome-i-pirĩsipi
• Finnish: São Tomé ja Príncipe (fi)
• French: Sao Tomé-et-Principe (fr) m, São Tomé-et-Príncipe (fr) m
• Georgian: სან-ტომე და პრინსიპი (ka) (san-ṭome da ṗrinsiṗi)
• German: São Tomé und Príncipe (de) n
• Greek: Σάο Τομέ και Πρίνσιπε (Sáo Tomé kai Prínsipe)
• Hausa: Sawo Tome da Pirinsipe, Sawo Tome da Paransip
• Hungarian: São Tomé és Príncipe (hu)
• Interlingua: Sancte Tomey Principe
• Italian: São Tomé e Príncipe
• Japanese: サントメプリンシペ (Santomepurinshipe)
• Kazakh: Сан-Томе және Принсипи (kk) (San-Tome jäne Prinsipi)
• Khmer: សៅតូម៉េនិងព្រីនស៊ីប៉េ (km) (sawtoumee nɨng priinsiipee)
• Korean: 상투메 프린시페 (ko) (Sangtume peurinsipe)
• Kyrgyz: Сан-Томе жана Принсипи (San-Tome jana Prinsipi)
• Latvian: Santome un Prinsipi
• Lithuanian: San Tomė ir Prinsipė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Са́о То́ме и Принси́пе n (Sáo Tóme i Prinsípe)
• Navajo: São Tomé dóó Príncipe
• Norman: São Tomé et Principe m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: São Tomé og Príncipe (no)

  Nynorsk: São Tomé og Príncipe

• Persian: سائوتومه و پرنسیپ (sâ'otome vo paransip)
• Polish: Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: São Tomé e Príncipe (pt)
• Romanian: São Tomé și Príncipe
• Russian: Сан-Томе́ и При́нсипи (ru) f or n (San-Tomɛ́ i Prínsipi)
• Scots: São Tomé an Príncipe
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Свети Тома и Принцип m, Сао Томе и Принципе m

  Roman: Sveti Toma i Princip m, Sao Tome i Principe m

• Slovak: Svätý Tomáš a Princov ostrov m, Svätý Tomáš m (until 2006)
• Spanish: Santo Tomé y Príncipe (es)
• Swahili: Sao Tome na Principe
• Swedish: São Tomé och Príncipe (sv)
• Thai: เซาตูเมและปรินซีปี (sao-dtuu-mee lɛ́ bprin-sii-bpii)
• Turkish: São Tomé ve Príncipe (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сан-Томе́ і При́нсіпі f or n (San-Tomé i Prýnsipi)
• Uzbek: San-Tome va Prinsipi (uz)
• Vietnamese: Sao Tô-mê và Prin-xi-pê
• West Frisian: Sao Tomee en Prinsyp
• Yoruba: Sao tomi ati piriiṣipi

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}