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

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) united in measures to stop fraud of the public treasury.

From The Daily Beast

Late Tuesday afternoon, word hit Capitol Hill that 10-term Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) was retiring at the end of his term.

From The Daily Beast

Tom Harkin (D-IA) described the proposal to reporters as “a classic bait-and-switch.”

From The Daily Beast

Co -7, IA -7, NH -7, WI-7, VA -5, NV -4, MI -4, FL -3, NC -3, MN -3, OH -2.

From The Daily Beast

But Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says the Obama team may have been looking at the wrong side of the aisle.

From The Daily Beast

We may fairly conclude that both these are later than the cell of St. Ia, which was on the site of the present parish church.

From Project Gutenberg

La coigne est ia mise la racine des arbres: parquoy tout arbre qui ne fait pas bon fruit, sera coupp & iett au feu, Mat.

From Project Gutenberg

Persons who wish to visit Indianopolis will stop at Madison, Ia., and take the stage conveyance.

From Project Gutenberg

Phrenī′tis, inflammation of the brain; Phrenog′raphy, descriptive psychology; Phrenopath′ia, mental disease.

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Rhythmom′eter, an instrument for marking rhythms for music, a metronome; Rhythmopœ′ia, the art of composing rhythmically.

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