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IA

abbreviation for

Iowa (approved especially for use with zip code).

-ia

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.

abbreviation for

Iowa.

i.a.

⁴

abbreviation for

in absentia.

Ia.

abbreviation for

Iowa

-ia

suffix forming nouns

occurring in place names
Albania
Columbia
occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders
aphasia
pneumonia
occurring in words denoting condition or quality
utopia
occurring in names of botanical genera
acacia
poinsettia
occurring in names of zoological classes
Reptilia
occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin
regalia
marginalia
memorabilia

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51�Թ� 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

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51�Թ� 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

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