IA

¹

abbreviation for

1. Iowa (approved especially for use with zip code).

-ia

²

1. a 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 ).

Ia.

³

abbreviation for

1. Iowa.

i.a.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. in absentia.

Ia.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Iowa

-ia

²

suffix forming nouns

1. occurring in place names

   Albania

   Columbia

2. occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders

   aphasia

   pneumonia

3. occurring in words denoting condition or quality

   utopia

4. occurring in names of botanical genera

   acacia

   poinsettia

5. occurring in names of zoological classes

   Reptilia

6. occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin

   regalia

   marginalia

   memorabilia

Word History and Origins

Origin of IA¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of IA¹

(for senses 1–4) New Latin, from Latin and Greek, suffix of feminine nouns; (for senses 5–6) from Latin, neuter plural suffix

Example Sentences

Lateef got the snap, hid the ball and found an uncovered AJ Ia for a 30-yard touchdown pass.

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Lateef finished 24 of 34 for 209 yards, with two touchdown passes to Ia.

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Ia is Malau’ulu’s cousin and was impressed.

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“It was a tough game,” Ia said.

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Though he might’ve had an inkling of what was to come when he stepped on Mokulē’ia Beach 20 years ago, Garcia couldn’t have known how it would all end.

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