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São Tomé

São Tomé proper noun: the capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe. Also the ellipsis of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Proper noun

São Tomé

  1. The capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe.
  2. The largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Also used as

São Tomé is also the ellipsis of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Forms of São Tomé

alternative formSao Tome

Origin of São Tomé

From Portuguese São Tomé, named after Saint Thomas, for its discovery on St. Thomas Day (21 December) in 1470 or 1471.

Words formed from São Tomé

Questions about São Tomé

What does São Tomé mean?
São Tomé means the capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe.
What part of speech is São Tomé?
São Tomé is a proper noun.

Words near São Tomé in the dictionary

  1. São Miguel
  2. São Nicolau
  3. São Paulo
  4. São Paulo caecilian
  5. São Pedro do Sul
  6. São Tomé
  7. São Tomé and Príncipe
  8. São Toméan
  9. São Toméans
  10. São Vicente
  11. Sãotomense

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Adapted from Wiktionary: São Tomé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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