Bahia
a coastal state of eastern Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
a former name of Salvador.
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How to use Bahia in a sentence
Since then, a number of rising Brazilian soccer players such as Víctor Cantillo of Cornithians, Flávio Medeiros of Bahia and Gabriel Barbosa of Flamengo have worn number 24 shirts.
For the first half of the century, demand was met by a trade circuit connecting the ports of the Bight of Benin to Salvador in Bahia.
How African body markings were used to construct the idea of race in colonial Brazil | Aldair Rodrigues | January 22, 2021 | QuartzBahia Bakari was aboard an Airbus A310 with 152 others when it slammed into the water making an approach in poor weather.
Last June, a 14-year-old girl, Bahia Bakari, was the sole survivor of a crash in the Indian Ocean, off the Comoros Islands.
Meantime Bahia, actuated by the same spirit as Rio, had anticipated the revolution at that place.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
It was faced with stone, on the recovery of Bahia from the Dutch, about the beginning of the last century.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamCachoeira, about fifty miles from Bahia, is a good town, where there is one English merchant resident.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamYet, I am happy to say, the Bahia press has lately actually printed a pamphlet against the slave trade.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThe daring of this attempt has filled the Portuguese with astonishment and dismay, and they are now most willing to abandon Bahia.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
British Dictionary definitions for Bahia
/ (bəˈhiːə, Portuguese bəˈiːə) /
a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Salvador. Pop: 13 323 212 (2002). Area: about 562 000 sq km (217 000 sq miles)
the former name of San Salvador
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