Abia

See also: abia

German

Proper noun

Abia m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abias)

1. a male given name

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Italian

Proper noun

Abia (m)

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Abia (f)

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• baia

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Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβῑᾱ́ (Abīā́), from Hebrew אֲבִיָה (ʾĂḇiyyā́, “worshipper of Jah”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbiː.a/, [äˈbiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbi.a/, [äˈbiːä]

Proper noun

Abīa m (indeclinable)

1. Abijah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβία (Abía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.a/, [ˈäbiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.a/, [ˈäːbiä]

Proper noun

Abia f sg (genitive Abiae); first declension

1. a town of Messenia situated near the borders with Laconia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Abia
Genitive	Abiae
Dative	Abiae
Accusative	Abiam
Ablative	Abiā
Vocative	Abia
Locative	Abiae

References

• “Abia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly