Bahia
Americannoun
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a coastal state of eastern Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Salvador.
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a former name of Salvador.
noun
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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)
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the former name of San Salvador
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The pull of documenting another city washed in pastels and marked by deep grooves of history led him to Salvador, the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia, in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
First it was photographed off the coast of Bahia, Brazil in 2003 with eight other adult humpbacks.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Researchers first photographed it in 2003 at Brazil's Abrolhos Bank, the country's main humpback whale nursery off the coast of Bahia.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Meanwhile, the other dwelling, named Casa Bahia, is more contemporary, having been built in 2015 as a “modernist structure” that is uniquely juxtaposed with its tropical surroundings.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
During Charles’s voyage, at a stop at Bahia in Brazil, he had gotten into a heated argument with Captain FitzRoy over slavery.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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