IA
abbreviation
Iowa (approved especially for use with zip code).
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-ia
-iaa noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names of diseases (malaria; anemia ), placenames (Italia; Romania ), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia ), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia ), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia ).
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Ia.
Ia.abbreviationIowa.
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i.a.
i.a.abbreviationin absentia.
IA
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-ia
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i.a.
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-ia
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British
suffix
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occurring in place names
Albania
Columbia
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occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders
pneumonia
aphasia
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occurring in words denoting condition or quality
utopia
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occurring in names of botanical genera
acacia
poinsettia
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occurring in names of zoological classes
Reptilia
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occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin
marginalia
memorabilia
regalia
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Etymology
Origin of -ia
From New Latin, Latin, Greek, equivalent to -i- (formative or connective) or -ī- ( Greek -ei- ) + -a, feminine singular or neuter plural noun or adjective ending
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"That would be a catastrophe. He's going to be so furious," Aqqaluk Lynge, a founder of IA, said of Trump.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
IA began as a collaborative effort between airports, air navigation service providers and airlines.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
The 2021 growth rate was below the 11% compound average annual increase seen in the last 10 years, according to an IA survey.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022
Despite these points, other experts Slate spoke with were doubtful that the archive could prevail, emphasizing that the dispute hinges less on philosophical points of view than on the unilateral actions the IA took.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2022
Whence it is evident that this wave of semi-diameter mn, and the other of semi-diameter IA will have the same tangent BA.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
Stadium -ia: the interval between the molts of larvae:= instar q.v.: any one period in the development of an insect.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Taenidium -ia: the band or chitinized fibre forming a part of the spiral thread in the trachea of insects.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
They always have -ī in the Ablative Singular, -ia in the Nominative, Accusative, and Vocative Plural, and -ium in the Genitive Plural, thus holding more steadfastly to the i-character than do Masculine and Feminine ĭ-Stems.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
Mastigium -ia: telescopic anal organs in certain caterpillars, serving to repel attacks of parasites.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Longicorn -ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Sergeant Donald Broe, of Waterloo, Ia., proudly waited to drive the General behind the four-starred flag on the hood.
From Time Magazine Archive
College athletes last week congregated in two places—westerners in Des Moines, Ia., for the annual Drake Relay Carnival; easterners on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, for the annual Penn Relays.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dubuque, Ia., is a metropolis which has long been held up to derision by popular sophists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Religious Mediævalism in America.—Twelve miles from Dubuque, Ia., there stands in grim isolation, upon a blackened and desolate prairie, a monastery of the fifteenth century pattern.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
In August, 1869, Miss Mitchell, with several of her Vassar students, went to Burlington, Ia., to observe the total eclipse of the sun.
From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Maria Mitchell
A substance naturally occurring in i.a. pomegranates, strawberries and walnuts can improve memory and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen concludes.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
The researchers still don't know how much urolithin A is needed to improve memory and alleviate symptoms of i.a.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
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