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.

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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Acaia.