Bahia

bahia bahía Bahía English thumb|Bahia in Brazil Etymology From en pt Bahia, from pt bahia, an obsolete spelling of pt baía bay. en Bay. Pronunciation en /bəˈhiːə/ /bɒˈiːə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Bahia.wav US Proper noun en state r/Northeast Region c/Brazil Salvador. Coordinate terms Derived terms en bahiagrass bahiaite Bahian Translations state in northeastern Brazil Arabic: ar بَاهِيَا Armenian: hy Բահիա Cherokee: chr ᏆᎯᏯ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴伊亞 bāyīyà; French: fr Bahia Georgian: ka ბაია Greek: el Μπαΐα f Hindi: hi बाहिया Japanese: ja バイーア Baīa Korean: ko 바이아 Portuguese: pt Bahia f Russian: ru Баи́я Spanish: es Bahía Telugu: te బహియా Thai: th บาเยีย Ukrainian: uk Баї́я See also Bahia powder Further reading Anagrams en aabhi Abiah Bahai Baha'i Bahá'í Baháʼí Portuguese pt: region Q40430 pt Localização do estado da Bahia no Brasil Alternative forms pt Baía Portugal Etymology Shortened from pt Bahia de Todos os Santos Bay of All Saints, after a bay on the state’s coast. In turn, pt bahia is an archaic spelling of pt 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. Notably, derived terms such as pt baiano (previously pt bahiano) did not receive this treatment. Although the Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 Orthographic Agreement of 1990 does not similarly present any exceptions, this spelling is still officially adopted in Brazil and listed in the Brazilian Academy of Letters’ Orthographic Vocabulary (VOLP). pt toponyms inconsistent with AO1990 Pronunciation pt Pt-br Bahia.ogg BR pt iɐ 3 pt baía Baía pt Ba hi a Proper noun f baiano pt state r/Northeast Region c/Brazil Salvador Bahia pt BA abbreviation Derived terms pt coco-da-baía coqueiro-da-baía See also