| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ia, - a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names of diseases (malaria;
anemia), place names (Italia;
Rumania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia;
insignia;
Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia).
- Neo-Latin, Latin, Greek, equivalent. to -i- (formative or connective) or -ī- (Greek -ei-) + -a, feminine singular or neuter plural noun, nominal or adjective, adjectival ending
- Place NamesIowa (approved esp. for use with zip code).
Ia., - Place NamesIowa.
i.a., - in absentia.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ia suffix forming nouns - occurring in place names: Albania, Columbia
- occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders: pneumonia, aphasia
- occurring in words denoting condition or quality: utopia
- occurring in names of botanical genera
- occurring in names of zoological classes: Reptilia
- occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin: marginalia, memorabilia, regalia
Etymology: (for senses 1–4) New Latin, from Latin and Greek, suffix of feminine nouns; (for senses 5–6) from Latin, neuter plural suffix |