Where does “Bahia” come from?
Bahia comes from Portuguese baía, from Latin baia, a term for a bay or inlet of the sea.
Ancestry of “Bahia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Bahia | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | baía | bay |
| 3 | Late Latin | baia | — |
Words derived from “Bahia”