Bahia

See also: bahia and bahía

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Bahia, from bahia, an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”). Doublet of Bay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈhiːə/, /bɒˈiːə/
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Proper noun

Bahia

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

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened from Bahia de Todos os Santos (“Bay of All Saints”), after a bay on its coast.

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. However, derived terms such as baiano (previously bahiano) did not receive this treatment.

Although the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 does not present any exceptions, this spelling is still officially adopted and listed in the Brazilian Academy of Letters’ Orthographic Vocabulary (VOLP).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈi.a/

Proper noun

Bahia f

  1. a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: Salvador
    Synonym: (abbreviation) BA

Derived terms

  • baiano
  • coco-da-baía
  • coqueiro-da-baía

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit
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