Ea

[ey-ah]

noun

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

-ea

a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin: cornea.

Origin of -ea

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

ea.

each.

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Examples from the Web for ea

Contemporary Examples of ea

What the JSF does have is a jamming function—also known as “electronic attack,” or EA, in militaryese—in the radar.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar
Bill Sweetman
April 28, 2014
And EA has sold well over 140 million copies of the Need for Speed games since the series debuted in 1994.
Why Can’t I Be a Movie Star, B*tch? Aaron Paul Tries in 'Need for Speed'
Andrew Romano
March 13, 2014
Ditto, his arrangement with the EA videogame series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour.
The $100 Million Car Crash
Gerald Posner
November 29, 2009

Historical Examples of ea

This is an oblique way of saying that Marduk succeeded where Ea failed.
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
British Museum
"Et omnibus habitantibus in ea," replied the priest in a lower tone.
The Dream
Emile Zola
The dragon acquired his covering of fish-scales from an evil form of Ea.
The Evolution of the Dragon
G. Elliot Smith
That is the force of Ea's saying that Marduk's name also shall be Ea just as his.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow
Not only does humanity turn to Ea: the gods, too, appeal to him in their distress.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow

British Dictionary definitions for ea

ea.

abbreviation for

each

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Word Origin and History for ea

the usual Old English word for "river, running water;" still in use in Lancashire. See aqua-. "The standard word in place-names for river denoting a watercourse of greater size than a broc or a burna" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names].