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Achaea is a subdivision of Greece.

Achaea or Achaia may also refer to:

History

• Achaeans (Homer), a collective name for the Greeks of the Mycenaean period used by Homer
• Achaeans (tribe), one of the four major tribes of Classical Greece
• Achaea (ancient region), an ancient Greek region in the north of the Peloponnese
• Achaea Phthiotis, an ancient Greek region in southeastern Thessaly
• Achaean League, a league of North Peloponnesian cities during the Hellenistic period
• Achaean War, in 146 BC
• Achaea (Roman province), comprising Peloponnese and central Greece
• Principality of Achaea, a medieval crusader state in the Peloponesse
• Achaea (constituency), a constituency of the Greek Parliament

Other uses

• Achaea, or Demeter Achaea, an epithet of the goddess Demeter
• Achaea, or Minerva Achaea, an epithet of the goddess Minerva
• Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands, a multi-player online computer game
• Achaea (moth), a genus of noctuid moths
• 1150 Achaia, asteroid
• Achaia Channel, a Greek local TV station
• Achaia Clauss, a Greek winery
• Achaja, a Polish fantasy series of novels (published 2002–2004)
• Achaia, the main alien race in Another Life (2019 TV series)

See also

• Achaeans (disambiguation)
• Archaea
• West Achaea, a municipality in Achaea
• Kato Achaia (lit. Lower Achaea) and Ano Achaia (lit. Upper Achaea), towns in Achaea

• Disambiguation pages