We don't have synonyms for paulistas yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are paulista, paulists and ballistas.
(N) :
the inhabitants of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and of its antecessor the Capitaincy of São Vicente, whose capital early shifted from the village of São Vicente to the one of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga.
(N) :
the inhabitants of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and of its antecessor the Capitaincy of São Vicente, whose capital early shifted from the village of São Vicente to the one of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga.