a river in E Brazil, rising in SW Minas Gerais state and flowing northeast, then southeast to the Atlantic northeast of Aracaju. Length: 3200 km (1990 miles)
São Francisco in American English
(ˌsə̃u fʀɑnˈsiskʊ)
river in E Brazil, flowing northeast and east into the Atlantic: c. 1,800 mi (2,897 km)