Achaia

Achaia

1. Alternative form of Achaea.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

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

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Achāiā or Achāïā

1. ablative singular of Achāia and Achāïa

• “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

Achaia f

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