Achaia

See also: achaia

English

Proper noun

Achaia

1. Alternative form of Achaea.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

Pronunciation 1

• Achāia:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʰaː.ja]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.ja]
• Achāïa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʰaː.i.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.i.a]

Proper noun

Achāia or Achāïa f sg (genitive Achāiae or Achāïae); first declension

1. Achaea (northern part of the Peloponnese)
2. Achaea (Roman province encompassing all of Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Achāia Achāïa
genitive	Achāiae Achāïae
dative	Achāiae Achāïae
accusative	Achāiam Achāïam
ablative	Achāiā Achāïā
vocative	Achāia Achāïa

Pronunciation 2

• Achāiā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʰaː.jaː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.ja]
• Achāïā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʰaː.i.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.i.a]

Proper noun

Achāiā or Achāïā

1. ablative singular of Achāia and Achāïa

References

• “Achaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Achaia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Achaia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Achaia f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Acaia