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/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Bahia

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

Translations

state in northeastern Brazil

• Arabic: بَاهِيَا (bāhiyā)
• Armenian: Բահիա (hy) (Bahia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴伊亞 / 巴伊亚 (zh) (bāyīyà);

• French: Bahia (fr)
• Georgian: ბაია (baia)
• Greek: Μπαΐα (el) f (Baḯa)
• Hindi: बाहिया (bāhiyā)
• Japanese: バイーア (Baīa)
• Korean: 바이아 (baia)
• Portuguese: Bahia (pt) f
• Russian: Баи́я (Baíja)
• Spanish: Bahía (es)
• Telugu: బహియా (bahiyā)
• Thai: บาเยีย
• Ukrainian: Баї́я (Bajíja)

Further reading

• Category:Bahia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bahia on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Bahia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Portuguese

Bahia

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 (Brazil):

  (file)

• Homophones: baía, Baía

Proper noun

Bahia f

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) BA

Related terms

• baiano (demonym)

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraíba
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo
• Sergipe
• Tocantins