Achaea

American  

[uh-kee-uh] / əˈki ə /

noun

1. an ancient district in S Greece, on the Gulf of Corinth.

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Achaea British  

/ əˈkiːə, əˈkaɪə /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Akhaïa.  a department of Greece, in the N Peloponnese. Capital: Patras. Pop: 318 928 (2001). Area: 3209 sq km (1239 sq miles)

2. a province of ancient Greece, in the N Peloponnese on the Gulf of Corinth: enlarged as a Roman province in 27 _bc

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Example Sentences

Later St. Regulus, the Bishop of Patras in Achaea, was guided thither bearing the relics of St. Andrew.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Nero’s grant of self-government brought about a recrudescence of misplaced ambition and party strife, Vespasian revoked the gift and turned Achaea again into a province, at the same time burdening it with increased taxes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

In the historical period the whole Peloponnese, with the exception of Arcadia, Elis and Achaea, is Dorian.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

It is a poem on that same tragedy of Finnesburh, which is the theme of a separate poem in the Old English heroic cycle; so Demodocus took his subjects from the heroic cycle of Achaea.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.

Augustus made it the capital of Achaea; Hadrian enriched it with public works.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various