Bahian
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- noun
- /bəˈhiːən/
- No aspect of the commemorations occupied more space in the media than the Bahian carnival, where Tropicalia was the theme and the motif of street decorations.
- Bahian carnival
- Bahian woman
- Bahian Candomblé
Examples
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But the power of the sertão in the Bahian imaginary is not fully accounted for by these demographic and economic factors.
Academic text (2003) -
The number of black Bahian politicians elected to Congress, however, has historically been very low.
Academic text (1998) -
Coconut milk is the main ingredient in Bahian cuisine.
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The first section of the study describes Bahian tourism, stressing the cultural images that draw the tourist.
Academic text (1999) -
Both actions were constrained by the position of the priests in Bahian slave society.
Academic text (1990) -
His father was a freed African slave who had raised him in the Bahian interior (nothing is said of his mother).
Academic text (1997) -
In contrast, Bahian carnaval presents a volatile, participatory aspect.
Academic text (1999) -
Several Yoruba liturgical species were intentionally introduced by sixteenth-century Bahian landowners.
Academic text (1990) -
Widely dispersed now, akoko is counted among the ethnoflora of most Bahian terreiros.
Academic text (1990) -
A Bahian is proud of their vibrant culture and traditions that celebrate their ancestry.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bahian = Bahia (transparent) = Bahia + an
Standard demonym formation (place name + '-an') yields 'a person from Bahia', a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Bahian comes from the place name Bahia, which comes from Portuguese for 'bay', similar to the English word bay. So a Bahian is a person 'from Bahia' or someone of Bahian descent.