Ea

¹ American  

[ey-ah] / ˈeɪ ɑ /

noun

1. the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.

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-ea ² American  

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin.

   cornea.

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ea. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. each.

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ea. British  

abbreviation

1. each

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Etymology

Origin of -ea

< Latin -ēa, -aea, -ea, feminine singular and neuter plural of -ēus, -aeus, -eus; see -ean

Example Sentences

Alvin Ea, chief executive of Singapore's largest container haulage platform, Haulio, believes that the industry has become a lot more resilient, by looking at options other than China.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

The unstable transition state can then subsequently decay to yield stable products, C + D. The diagram depicts the reaction's activation energy, Ea, as the energy difference between the reactants and the transition state.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The state motto of Hawaii is "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono".

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2017

The two novellas follow Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of Protector Sanao who are trying to find their place in a fantastic, steampunk-styled world known as Ea.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2017

At all events the culture-god of Babylonia who corresponded to Thoth was Ea, the deep, and one of the earliest names of Ea was “the god Nun.”

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)