Achaia

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English

Proper noun

Achaia

  1. Alternative form of Achaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Achāia f sg (genitive Achāiae); first declension

  1. Achaea (northern part of the Peloponnese)
  2. Achaea (Roman province encompassing all of Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Achāia
Genitive Achāiae
Dative Achāiae
Accusative Achāiam
Ablative Achāiā
Vocative Achāia

References

  • “Achaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Achaia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Achaia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Achaia f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Acaia.
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