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/

Proper noun

Bahia

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

Translations

state in northeastern Brazil

• Portuguese: Bahia (pt) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴伊亞 (zh); 巴伊亚 (zh) (bāyīyà)

• Russian: Баи́я (Baíja)
• Japanese: バイーア (Baīa)
• Greek: Μπαΐα (el) f (Baḯa)
• Hindi: बाहिया (bāhiyā)

Anagrams

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

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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)