Bahia, or São Salvador da Bahia (soun säl-va-dor dä bä-e'ä)

A seaport, capital of the state of Bahia, situated on All Saints' Bay in lat. 13° 1' S., long. 38° 32′ W. It is the second city of the country; has a large harbor; comprises an upper and alower town; and is the seat of an archbishopric. It has regular steamship communication with various European and American ports; exports sugar, etc.; and has nourishing manufactures. It was peopled in 1536, but abandoned; was refounded in 1549; and was the colonial capital of Brazil until 1763. Population (1892), estimated, with suburbs, 200,000. All Bahia de Todos os Santos or Bay of Saints. The harbor of Bahia, Brazil. In old works the name is frequently applied to the city. Bahia Honda (ba-ē'ä ōn'dä). [Sp., 'deep bay.'] A small harbor in northwestern Cuba, west of Havana.