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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., IA abbreviation for - Iowa
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