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

To Achaea belonged the south Italian towns of Croton, Metapontum and Sybaris.

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

The chief Greek federations were those of Thessaly, Boeotia, Acarnania, Olynthus, Arcadia, Aetolia, Achaea, the most important as well as the most complete in respect of organization being the Aetolian League and the Achaean League.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

After the king had departed from Achaea, Sulpicius, going to Aegina with his fleet, formed a junction with Attalus.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

But the largest number were settled in Dyme, the town of Achaea, at that time extremely depopulated, and possessing an abundance of good land.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh