Bahia

See also: bahia and bahía

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Bahia, from bahia, an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”). Doublet of Bay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈhiːə/, /bɒˈiːə/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Bahia

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador

Translations

state in northeastern Brazil

Arabic: بَاهِيَا (bāhiyā)
Armenian: Բահիա (hy) (Bahia)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴伊亞 / 巴伊亚 (zh) (bāyīyà);
French: Bahia (fr)
Georgian: ბაია (baia)
Greek: Μπαΐα (el) f (Baḯa)
Hindi: बाहिया (bāhiyā)
Japanese: バイーア (Baīa)
Korean: 바이아 (baia)
Portuguese: Bahia (pt) f
Russian: Баи́я (Baíja)
Spanish: Bahía (es)
Telugu: బహియా (bahiyā)
Thai: บาเยีย
Ukrainian: Баї́я (Bajíja)

Anagrams

Abiah, Bahai, Baha'i, Bahá'í, Baháʼí

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahia

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

Baía (dated in Brazil, occasionally used in Portugal)

Etymology

From earlier Bahia de Todos os Santos (“Bay of All Saints”), after a bay on its coast. bahia is an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”); the name of the state was specially mentioned as an example of the exception for traditional placenames in the spelling reform that proscribed <h> between vowels.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈi.ɐ/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Homophones: baía, Baía

Proper noun

Bahia f

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador
Synonym: (abbreviation) BA

Related terms

baiano (demonym)

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