Sampa

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Sampa.

Sampa

1. Nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil

   This is Sampa my friend; anything can happen.

• Sapam, AMPAS, pasma

Shortening of São Paulo by way of the first two syllables of each.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃pɐ
• Hyphenation: Sam‧pa

Sampa f

1. (Brazil, chiefly São Paulo, informal) nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil
   • 2024 October 27, Marcelo Leite, “Com Nunes ou Boulos, clima manterá São Paulo de joelhos [Be it Nunes or Boulos, the weather is going to keep São Paulo on its knees]”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎^[1], São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 June 2025:

     Sampa tem outras prioridades e não pode se dar a tal luxo; o Brasil é pobre, e os EUA, ricos; há 14 mil pedidos de poda pendentes em São Paulo e você vem falar de mapear as árvores da cidade?

     Sampa has other priorities and can't afford such thing; Brazil is poor, and the US, rich; there are 14 thousand pending pruning requests in São Paulo and you come here talking about mapping the city's trees?

• → English: Sampa