Bahia

See also: bahia and bahía

English

situation map of the Brazil state of Bahia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈhiːə/, /bɒˈiːə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Bahia

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

Translations

state in northeastern Brazil

• Arabic: بَاهِيَا (bāhiyā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴伊亞／巴伊亚 (zh) (bāyīyà);

• French: Bahia (fr)
• Greek: Μπαΐα (el) f (Baḯa)
• Hindi: बाहिया (bāhiyā)
• Japanese: バイーア (Baīa)
• Portuguese: Bahia (pt) f
• Russian: Баи́я (Baíja)
• Spanish: Bahía (es)
• Telugu: బహియా (bahiyā)

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}

Anagrams

• Abiah, Bahai, Baha'i, Bahá'í, Baháʼí

Portuguese

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈi.ɐ/

• Audio (BR)

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• Homophones: baía, Baía

Proper noun

Bahia f

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) BA

Related terms

• baiano (demonym)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}