Bahia
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Bahia, from bahia, an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”). Doublet of Bay.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Bahia
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador.
Coordinate terms
[edit]states of Braziledit
Translations
[edit]state in northeastern Brazil
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Further reading
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Category:Bahia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Bahia on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Bahia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened from Bahia de Todos os Santos (“Bay of All Saints”), after a bay on the state’s coast. In turn, bahia is an archaic spelling of baía (“bay”).
The name of the state was specially mentioned as an exception in the Brazilian Orthographic Form of 1943, which otherwise removed ⟨h⟩ within words. Notably, derived terms such as baiano (previously bahiano) did not receive this treatment.
Although the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 does not similarly present any exceptions, this spelling is still officially adopted in Brazil and listed in the Brazilian Academy of Letters’ Orthographic Vocabulary (VOLP).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Bahia f (demonym baiano)
Derived terms
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- en:Bahia, Brazil
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- Portuguese toponyms inconsistent with AO1990
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/iɐ
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