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  • Ilía
    Ilía
    noun
    a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Elia 1
  • Ilia
    Ilia
    noun
    (in Roman legend) the daughter of Aeneas and Lavinia, who, according to some traditions, was the mother of Romulus and Remus See also Rhea Silvia
  • ilia
    ilia
    noun
    the plural of ilium

Ilía

1 British  
/ iˈlia /

noun

  1. a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Elia 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ilia 2 British  
/ ˈɪlɪə /

noun

  1. (in Roman legend) the daughter of Aeneas and Lavinia, who, according to some traditions, was the mother of Romulus and Remus See also Rhea Silvia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ilia 3 British  
/ ˈɪlɪə /

noun

  1. the plural of ilium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Gaethje upset former two-weight champion Ilia Topuria with a technical knockout in a lightweight unification championship bout at the UFC Freedom 250 event Sunday on the White House South Lawn.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

In the main event, Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje had one of the most thrilling fights in recent memory.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

The show is headlined by a unification bout between Georgian-Spanish lightweight champion Ilia Topuria and American interim title holder Justin Gaethje.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Fighters Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje will top the bill of six fights in a lightweight championship clash, the UFC announced in March.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Typical of this style is Ilia Petrov's Partisan Song, a monumental canvas depicting a group of partisans triumphantly singing after a victory over fascists.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut

Great apes have relatively elongated ilia that lie flat against the back of the animals, as well as relatively narrow birth canals.

From Science Magazine Aug. 16, 2022

The reshaped ilia provide attachment points for the muscles that make upright walking more stable, and a wider birth canal accommodates our big-brained babies.

From Science Magazine Aug. 16, 2022

Humans have shorter, rounded ilia that flare out and curve around.

From Science Magazine Aug. 16, 2022

The spine curved and grew longer; the ilia or wings of the pelvis flattened out; the last vertebrae became a flexible lever on which the body's weight was poised.

From Time Magazine Archive

The height of the crupper, viewed laterally, taken from the summit of the posterior angles of the ilia to the point of the patella, the leg being in a state of rest.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

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