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  • Ea
    Ea
    noun
    the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
  • -ea
    -ea
    a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin.
  • ea.
    ea.
    abbreviation
    each.

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.


-ea 2 American  
  1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin.

    cornea.


ea. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. each.


ea. British  

abbreviation

  1. each

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of -ea

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

Example Sentences

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"The world is adjusting to living with Covid as endemic," says Mr Ea.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

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 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

The movie explores this notion by sending Ea on her own world-saving mission, which will require her to track down six willing apostles of her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016

The origin of the triad must be sought in geography, or rather in the fact that Ana, En-lil, and Ea represented the three chief sanctuaries and centres of religious influence in Babylonia.

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

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