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SAO PAULO [1 record]

Record 1 2014-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

The largest city in Brazil, and capital of the Brazilian state of the same name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville du sud-est du Brésil, dans l'État de São Paulo dont elle est la capitale.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son pseudo-générique sous-entendu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que, salvo en zonas del Río de la Plata, en las que lo habitual es usar la traducción "San Pablo", se dice y escribe "São Paulo".

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