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

Chinese ports don't have enough shipping containers because they haven't returned from the US, according to Alvia Ea, chief executive of Singapore's largest container haulage platform, Haulio.

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 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

The second one begins by stating how Aa or Ea heard of the plot of Tiamtu and her followers against the gods of heaven.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge