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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Brazil west-southwest of Rio de Janeiro. Founded by Jesuits in 1554, it developed rapidly as an industrial and commercial center after the 1880s and is now the largest city in South America.
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- proper noun State in southeastern
Brazil . - proper noun The largest city in Brazil, and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
Etymologies
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From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.
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