Achaia

Achaia

1. Alternative form of Achaea

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).

Achāia f (genitive Achāiae); first declension

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

First declension.

• 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. Obsolete spelling of Acaia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).