Achaia

English

Proper noun

Achaia

1. Alternative form of Achaea

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰaː.i.a/, [äˈkʰäːiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.i.a/, [äˈkäːiä]

Proper noun

Achāia f sg (genitive Achāiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Achāia
Genitive	Achāiae
Dative	Achāiae
Accusative	Achāiam
Ablative	Achāiā
Vocative	Achāia

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Achaia f

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