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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

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 Smith, John. B.

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

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

Nom. sedīlia animālia calcāria -ia Gen. sedīlium animālium calcārium -ium Dat. sedīlibus animālibus calcāribus -ibus Acc. sedīlia animālia calcāria -ia Voc. sedīlia animālia calcāria -ia Abl. sedīlibus animālibus calcāribus -ibus 1.

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

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

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

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

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