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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

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Example Sentences

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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

The makers of IA say its mission is to land planes with more frequency and minimize delays, thus reducing fuel burn.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

The 2021 growth rate was below the 11% compound average annual increase seen in the last 10 years, according to an IA survey.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022

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

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2022

Whence it is evident that this wave of semi-diameter mn, and the other of semi-diameter IA will have the same tangent BA.

From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens

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

Ommatidium -ia: one of the elements of which the compound eye is composed.

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

Mastigium -ia: telescopic anal organs in certain caterpillars, serving to repel attacks of parasites.

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

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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

One hot day, in the month of May, I entered a crowded car at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and took the only empty seat beside a gentleman who seemed very nervous about a crying child.

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In December, 1891, was begun at Davenport, Ia., with Rev. Arthur M. Judy as editor, a monthly parish paper, called Old and New.

From Unitarianism in America by George Willis Cooke

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

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

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