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🏙️ A Brazilian city ✈️ Aerospace industry
Sao Jose dos Campos

Sao Jose dos Campos

8.2
A group of companies and research centers in the city that make planes and engines
  • proper noun
  • /sɑʊ hoʊˈzeɪ doʊs ˈkæmpos/
translation icon : Sao Jose dos Campos
  • At the conference, industry leaders discussed innovations emerging from Sao Jose dos Campos, a hub for aerospace research in Brazil.

Examples

  • The Sao Jose dos Campos aerospace industry is thriving.

  • Many companies in Sao Jose dos Campos specialize in aviation technology.

  • Investors praised Sao Jose dos Campos after local manufacturers unveiled a new regional jet design.

  • The trade fair showcased suppliers from Sao Jose dos Campos and highlighted Brazil's aerospace supply chain.

  • Contracts signed in Sao Jose dos Campos secured work for dozens of small engineering firms nationwide.

  • The Brazilian government announced new investments in Sao Jose dos Campos, aiming to boost its aerospace manufacturing sector.

  • Many students flock to Sao Jose dos Campos to study aerospace engineering at its renowned universities.

Surface Forms

Sao Jose dos Campos main

Morphology

Sao + Jose + dos + Campos

This is a place name used metonymically to refer to a specific aerospace industry cluster; the literal constituents (São, José, dos, Campos) are personal/geographic elements and do not encode 'aerospace industry'. A B1 learner who knows the component words would not be able to derive the specialized metonymic meaning without extra world knowledge, so the expression is not compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Sao Jose dos Campos is also used to mean the local 'aerospace industry' because many aircraft factories and research centers grew there, so people sometimes use the city name to mean that whole industry.