bahiano

From Bahia +‎ -ano.

bahiano (feminine bahiana, masculine plural bahiani, feminine plural bahiane)

1. Bahian (of, from or relating to Bahia)

bahiano m (plural bahiani, feminine bahiana)

1. Bahian (native or inhabitant of Bahia) (usually male)

• bahiano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

bahiano m (plural bahianos, feminine bahiana, feminine plural bahianas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of baiano; now a common misspelling.

bahiano (feminine bahiana, masculine plural bahianos, feminine plural bahianas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of baiano; now a common misspelling.

Remains a common misspelling, almost exclusively in Brazil, due to association with the proper noun Bahia. While the proper noun was notably excepted from the 1943 orthographic reform, its demonym was not.

bahiano (feminine bahiana, masculine plural bahianos, feminine plural bahianas)

1. of, from or relating to Bay Islands

bahiano m (plural bahianos, feminine bahiana, feminine plural bahianas)

1. native or inhabitant of Bay Islands (usually male)

• “bahiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024