São Salvador

/ sə̃un salvaˈdor /

noun

1. short for São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, the official name for Salvador See Salvador

Example Sentences

A member of Rousseff’s Worker’s Party, she prepared anti-Temer banners at Rio’s Sao Salvador Square, a traditional gathering point for left-leaning voters, that she hoped would be displayed from the stands in the Sambadrome parade ground where Carnival samba schools compete this week.

From Washington Times

Start in Praça São Salvador, where the crowd is student-heavy and bad-beer vendors are abundant.

From New York Times

Until it is ready, the only hospital is the São Salvador, a charitable institution that receives some state, city and federal money.

From Washington Post

If there are two Brazils, then one of them is here, in a café by the Praça São Salvador, a few blocks from the beach in Rio de Janeiro.

From Time

In honor of the day, the place became Sao Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Holy Saviour of the Bay of All Saints�"and of almost all sins," adds Brazilian Sociologist Gilberto Freyre, speaking of the modern city.

From Time Magazine Archive