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São Tomé

or Sao To·me, São Tho·mé

[ soun too-me; English sou tuh-mey ]

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. Pi·co de [pee, -k, oo, d, uh], the highest mountain on this island, 6,640 feet (2,024 meters).


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  • São To·mean noun
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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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

The list of nations El Salvador published that will see the $1,000 fees includes over 50 countries in continental Africa as well as its offshore island nations, such as the Seychelles and São Tomé and Príncipe.

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