Bahia

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

• IPA^(key): /bəˈhiːə/, /bɒˈiːə/

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Bahia

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

Divisions of the Federative Republic of Brazil in English (layout · text)

States: Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Goias · 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

Federal District: Federal District

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

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

• Baía (dated in Brazil, occasionally used in Portugal)

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.

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• Homophones: baía, Baía

Bahia f

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) BA

• baiano (demonym)

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; 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 ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}