A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SAO

Thu, 30 Nov '23
___ Paulo
Sat, 15 Jul '23
Title abroad
Sun, 9 Jul '23
Title in Portuguese
Fri, 7 Jul '23
___ Tomé
Fri, 16 Jun '23
___ Miguel Island, one of the Azores
Wed, 17 May '23
Holy title with a tilde
Thu, 9 Mar '23
Portuguese holy title
Sat, 18 Feb '23
"Saint" elsewhere
Sat, 26 Nov '22
Lead-in to Felipe or Miguel
Wed, 2 Feb '22
Saint, in Portuguese
Fri, 24 Dec '21
___ Miguel Island, largest of the Azores
Sat, 20 Nov '21
Word in some South American city names
Wed, 14 Jul '21
Portuguese title with a tilde
Sun, 16 May '21
Start of many Portuguese place names
Thu, 29 Apr '21
___ Paulo
Wed, 24 Mar '21
___ Paulo
Thu, 11 Mar '21
Title with a tilde
Wed, 3 Feb '21
___ Tomé and Príncipe