São Paulo (
[sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu] (
listen); pronounced
/saʊn ˈpaʊ.loʊ/,
/sæn ˈpaʊ.loʊ/ or, commonly,
/saʊ ˈpa.loʊ/ in English) is the largest city in
Brazil and the world's
7th largest metropolitan area. (Also the
largest city proper in the Western World).
The city is the capital of the
state of São Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state.(Wikipedia)