Achaia

Achaia

1. Alternative form of Achaea

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰaː.i.a/, [äˈkʰäːiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.i.a/, [äˈkäːiä]

Achāia f sg (genitive Achāiae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “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

Achaia f

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