bahía

See also: bahia and Bahia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie, from Late Latin baia, perhaps of Iberian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈia/ [baˈi.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ba‧hí‧a

Noun

bahía f (plural bahías)

1. bay (geographical feature)

Derived terms

• bahía de Cochinos
• bahía de Guantánamo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bahiya

Further reading

• “bahía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10