It means relative to Sao Paulo. Originally from Sao Paulo (the State of Brazil). Resident in Sao Paulo . Swollen or fanatical of the Sao Paulo football club of Brazil. It is also the complement or surname of several especially Brazilian footballers, to differentiate them from another with the same name but from another region. Gabriel Paulista, Brazilian football player, whose real name is Gabriel Armando de Abreu. Name of the football championship that is played in the State of Sao Paulo. It is clarified that the gentile used for those born in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil, is Paulistano ( a).
