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Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve
Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve (Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde da Cidade de São Paulo), UNESCO urban biosphere reserve declared 1994, individualized 2017, covering 78 municipalities around São Paulo in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes.
São Paulo Congonhas Airport
São Paulo Congonhas Airport, commonly called Congonhas, is São Paulo's in-city domestic airport, opened in 1936 and one of Brazil's busiest, handling over 24 million passengers in 2025.
São Paulo FC
São Paulo Futebol Clube (SPFC, Tricolor), Brazilian multi-sport club founded 1930, refounded 1935; three world titles (1992, 1993, 2005), three Libertadores, six Brasileirão; plays at MorumBIS, largest private stadium in Brazil.
São Paulo International Book Fair
The São Paulo International Book Fair (Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo) is a biennial book fair in São Paulo, Brazil, first held in 1970.
São Paulo Metro
The São Paulo Metro (Metrô de São Paulo) is the rapid transit system of São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 1974 as the country's first metro.
São Paulo Museum of Art
MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand), private nonprofit museum founded 1947 by Assis Chateaubriand, directed 1947–1990 by Pietro Maria Bardi; Lina Bo Bardi's 1968 suspended Paulista building; over 11,000 works; 2025 Bardi tower.
São Paulo S.A.
São Paulo S.A. (São Paulo Sociedade Anônima), 1965 Brazilian black-and-white drama, Luiz Sérgio Person's debut feature starring Walmor Chagas; a Cinema Novo landmark about a middle-class manager amid São Paulo's automobile-industry boom, restored in 4K in 2025.
São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra
The São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Osesp) is a Brazilian orchestra based at Sala São Paulo, founded in 1954.
São Paulo Zoo
São Paulo Zoo (Zoológico de São Paulo, Zoo SP), opened 16 March 1958 in Água Funda, is Brazil's biggest zoo: 47 hectares, 230+ species, over 3,000 animals, run by the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo.
São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, also known as Guarulhos Airport or Cumbica, is Brazil's largest airport, opening in 1985 and handling 43.6 million passengers in 2024.
São Sebastião (Petrobras terminal)
São Sebastião, formally Terminal Aquaviário Almirante Barroso and known as Tebar, is Petrobras's largest oil terminal on the northern coast of São Paulo state, Brazil.
São Simão hydroelectric plant
The São Simão hydroelectric plant (UHE São Simão) is a 1,710 MW dam on the Paranaíba River between Minas Gerais and Goiás, Brazil, built by CEMIG from 1973 to 1978.
Sao style
Sao style (骚体, saoti) is a genre of classical Chinese rhymed prose and poetry named after Qu Yuan's Li Sao, marked by the particle 兮 and a plaintive tone.
Sao terracottas and bronzes
Sao terracottas and bronzes are fired-clay figures and metal sculptures made by the Sao civilization of the Lake Chad basin, in what is now Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
São Tomé
São Tomé, capital and largest city of São Tomé and Príncipe on Ana Chaves Bay, about 70,000 residents (2012), founded by Portuguese settlers after 1470, with a planned colonial core, peri-urban fringe, and the EN1 corridor carrying 60 percent of GDP.
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé e Príncipe), a small Lusophone island nation in the Gulf of Guinea off Central Africa, independent from Portugal since 1975; cocoa-dependent lower-middle-income economy, first country entirely within UNESCO biosphere reserves.
São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
The São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STN) is the national currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, issued by its central bank and pegged to the euro since 2010.
São Tomé Island
São Tomé Island (Ilha de São Tomé), volcanic Gulf of Guinea island of São Tomé and Príncipe on the Cameroon Volcanic Line; 857 km², Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m, last eruptions about 36,000 years ago, cocoa agroforestry.
São Vicente, São Paulo
São Vicente, São Paulo (SP), Brazil: coastal municipality in Baixada Santista, founded 22 January 1532 by Martim Afonso de Sousa as Brazil's first official vila; site of the first election in the Americas; about 330,000 residents.
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan, Irish actor born in the Bronx and raised in Dublin, four-time Oscar nominee (Atonement, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, Little Women), Golden Globe winner for Lady Bird, producer of The Outrun, and director of the short Paper Plane.
Saola
Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), the Asian unicorn, a critically endangered bovid of the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam, discovered in 1992, never seen alive in the wild by scientists, threatened mainly by wire snares.
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (department 71, prefecture Mâcon), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's most populous department with 550,310 inhabitants in 2023; a transport crossroads (A6, TGV, canal du Centre) with above-average industrial and agricultural employment and an aging population.
Saor
Saor is a Scottish one-man metal project founded in Glasgow in 2013 by multi-instrumentalist Andy Marshall, blending atmospheric black metal with Scottish folk influences in what he calls Caledonian Metal.
Saori Hara (原 紗央莉)
Saori Hara (原紗央莉), also known as Nanami Mai and later Matsunoi Miyabi, is a Japanese former gravure idol, AV actress, and film actress from Hiroshima whose 2009 SOD debut sold over 100,000 copies.
Saori Hayami (早見 沙織)
Saori Hayami (早見 沙織), born 1991 in Tokyo, is a Japanese voice actress and singer at I'm Enterprise, known for Shinobu Kocho, Yor Forger, and Yukino, and for albums since her 2015 artist debut.
Saori Izawa (伊澤彩織)
Saori Izawa (伊澤彩織), born 1994 in Saitama, is a Japanese stunt performer and actress; a Nihon University film graduate, she stunted on Rurouni Kenshin and John Wick and co-leads the Baby Assassins series as Mahiro.
Saori Yoshida
Saori Yoshida (吉田沙保里), Japanese freestyle wrestler born 1982 in Tsu, Mie; three straight Olympic golds 2004-2012 at 55 kg, 13 consecutive world titles, 206-match win streak, People's Honor Award, retired 2019.
SaOS-2
SaOS-2 (Saos-2, Sarcoma OSteogenic-2), ATCC HTB-85, CVCL_0548, is a human osteosarcoma cell line established in 1973 by Fogh from an 11-year-old girl, with osteoblastic features, high alkaline phosphatase, and homozygous TP53 deletion.
Saosin
Saosin: American post-hardcore band from Newport Beach, California, formed 2003; name means "small heart" in Chinese. Known for the EP Translating the Name (2003), singers Anthony Green and Cove Reber, and albums Saosin (2006), In Search of Solid Ground (2009), and Along the Shadow (2016).
Saosis Fluctus
Saosis Fluctus is a 282-km lava flow feature (fluctus) on Venus at 208.29E, 43.87S, IAU-approved May 5, 2023, named for an Egyptian acacia-tree goddess, counterpart of Atum.