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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

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Etymology

Origin of -ea

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

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The Wolfe deuoureth and ea- teth of his praie all in feare, and therefore oftentymes he ca- steth his looke, to be safe from perill and daunger.

From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard

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