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IA
1-ia
2- 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.
3abbreviation for
- Iowa.
i.a.
4abbreviation for
- in absentia.
Ia.
1abbreviation for
- Iowa
-ia
2suffix forming nouns
- occurring in place names
Columbia
Albania
- occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders
pneumonia
aphasia
- occurring in words denoting condition or quality
utopia
- occurring in names of botanical genera
poinsettia
acacia
- occurring in names of zoological classes
Reptilia
- occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin
regalia
memorabilia
marginalia
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Example Sentences
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) united in measures to stop fraud of the public treasury.
Late Tuesday afternoon, word hit Capitol Hill that 10-term Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) was retiring at the end of his term.
Tom Harkin (D-IA) described the proposal to reporters as “a classic bait-and-switch.”
Co -7, IA -7, NH -7, WI-7, VA -5, NV -4, MI -4, FL -3, NC -3, MN -3, OH -2.
But Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says the Obama team may have been looking at the wrong side of the aisle.
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.
La coigne est ia mise la racine des arbres: parquoy tout arbre qui ne fait pas bon fruit, sera coupp & iett au feu, Mat.
Persons who wish to visit Indianopolis will stop at Madison, Ia., and take the stage conveyance.
Phrenī′tis, inflammation of the brain; Phrenog′raphy, descriptive psychology; Phrenopath′ia, mental disease.
Rhythmom′eter, an instrument for marking rhythms for music, a metronome; Rhythmopœ′ia, the art of composing rhythmically.
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