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• IA
  IA

  abbreviation

  Iowa (approved especially for use with zip code).
• -ia
  -ia

  a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names of diseases (malaria; anemia ), placenames (Italia; Romania ), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia ), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia ), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia ).
• Ia.
  Ia.

  abbreviation

  Iowa.
• i.a.
  i.a.

  abbreviation

  in absentia.

IA

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Iowa (approved especially for use with zip code).

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-ia ² American  

1. a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names of diseases (malaria; anemia ), placenames (Italia; Romania ), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia ), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia ), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia ).

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Ia. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Iowa.

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i.a. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. in absentia.

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-ia ¹ British  

suffix

1. occurring in place names

   Albania

   Columbia

2. occurring in names of diseases and pathological disorders

   pneumonia

   aphasia

3. occurring in words denoting condition or quality

   utopia

4. occurring in names of botanical genera

   acacia

   poinsettia

5. occurring in names of zoological classes

   Reptilia

6. occurring in collective nouns borrowed from Latin

   marginalia

   memorabilia

   regalia

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Ia. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Iowa

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Etymology

Origin of -ia

From New Latin, Latin, Greek, equivalent to -i- (formative or connective) or -ī- ( Greek -ei- ) + -a, feminine singular or neuter plural noun or adjective ending

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

IA -ia Ia. i.a.

"That would be a catastrophe. He's going to be so furious," Aqqaluk Lynge, a founder of IA, said of Trump.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

"Although IA has the right to lend print books it lawfully acquired, it does not have the right to scan those books and lend the digital copies en masse," he wrote.

From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2023

A technology called Intelligent Approach, or IA, is constantly working to tighten the space between incoming aircraft as they approach Pearson.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

Yes, running the IA costs money–a lot of money.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2022

In the same way IA would stand for the current in the filament circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills

Osmaterium -ia: fleshy, tubular, eversible processes producing a penetrating odor, capable of being projected through a slit in the prothoracic segment of certain Papilionid caterpillars, and from openings elsewhere in the bodies of other forms.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

They always have -ī in the Ablative Singular, -ia in the Nominative, Accusative, and Vocative Plural, and -ium in the Genitive Plural, thus holding more steadfastly to the i-character than do Masculine and Feminine ĭ-Stems.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

Puparium -ia: in Diptera, the thickened larval skin within which the pupa is formed.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Facialium -ia: Diptera; that portion of the face between the lower part of the frontal fissure and the antennal fovea.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Longicorn -ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Sergeant Donald Broe, of Waterloo, Ia., proudly waited to drive the General behind the four-starred flag on the hood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dubuque, Ia., is a metropolis which has long been held up to derision by popular sophists.

From Time Magazine Archive

College athletes last week congregated in two places—westerners in Des Moines, Ia., for the annual Drake Relay Carnival; easterners on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, for the annual Penn Relays.

From Time Magazine Archive

She attended the State conventions at Ames, Ia., and at Emporia, Kan., where she was the guest of Senator and Mrs. Kellogg.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Wallaces’ Farmer, Des Moines, Ia., is especially to be commended for its editorial championship of The Farm Mother.

From Farm Boys and Girls by William Arch McKeever

A substance naturally occurring in i.a. pomegranates, strawberries and walnuts can improve memory and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen concludes.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

The researchers still don't know how much urolithin A is needed to improve memory and alleviate symptoms of i.a.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024