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Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “saviour”) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + -ano (“-an”). In Corografia Brazilica (1817), Manuel Aires de Casal translated Salvador as Soteropolis, which later gave origin to the demonym.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˌtɛ.ɾo.po.liˈtɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˌtɛ.ɾo.po.liˈtɐ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃nu
- Hyphenation: so‧te‧ro‧po‧li‧ta‧no
Noun
soteropolitano m (plural soteropolitanos, feminine soteropolitana, feminine plural soteropolitanas)
- a person from Salvador (capital city of Bahia)
1992, Chiclete com Banana (lyrics and music), “Eu Sou Soteropolitano” (0:51 from the start), in 13:
Adjective
soteropolitano (feminine soteropolitana, masculine plural soteropolitanos, feminine plural soteropolitanas, not comparable)
- (relational) of the city of Salvador, Bahia
1822, Robert Southey, “Desforco Patriotico” (chapter XI), in Imperio do Equador na Terra da Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, page 109:A Villa da Cachoeira teve a gloria de ser o centro do Movimento Patriotico, em que se acclamou a Authoridade do Governo Constitucional do Herdeiro da Coroa; e tendo repellido em defensiva todos os attaques dos inimigos do Brasil, já o Exercito soteropolitano tem tomado a offensiva, e aperta de todos os pontos Os Ulysseos desesperados, que vem não distante o termo ignominioso de sua aggres são fratricida- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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