São Tomé and Príncipe – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Sao Tome and Principe
republic on an island west of Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe ( or ; ) officially the
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking
island nation in the
Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of
Central Africa. It consists of two
archipelagos around the two main islands:
São Tomé and
Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off the northwestern coast of
Gabon.
Sao Tome and Principe
Noun
1. island nation in the South Atlantic off the West coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
(synonym) Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe
(hypernym) country, state, land
(part-holonym) Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
(part-meronym) Sao Tome
Sao Tome et Principe
n.
Sao Tome and Principe, republic on an island west of Africa
Sao Tome and Principe
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Background
Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. Although independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. Though the first free elections were held in 1991, the political environment has been one of continued instability with frequent changes in leadership and coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. The recent discovery of oil in the Gulf of Guinea is likely to have a significant impact on the country's economy.
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