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-ia

-ia suffix: used in forming placenames, especially of countries.

Suffix (1)

-ia

  1. Used in forming placenames, especially of countries.
  2. Used in forming names of diseases.
  3. Used in forming names of flowers.
  4. (rare) Used in forming names of collections of things.
    • militaria, deletia, Orientalia
    Synonyms:
    -ana, -ica

Suffix (2)

-ia

  1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

Suffix (3)

-ia

  1. Used in forming female given names.
    • Crystallia, Edmondia, Edwardia

Synonyms of -ia

Origin of -ia

From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

From the endings of corresponding Latin and Ancient Greek plural nouns.

From Latin -ia, feminine of -ius, a suffix forming adjectives and the ending of most Classical Latin nomina gentilicia.

Questions about -ia

What does -ia mean?
-ia means used in forming placenames, especially of countries.
What part of speech is -ia?
-ia is a suffix.

Words near -ia in the dictionary

  1. -hyal
  2. -i
  3. -i adjective
  4. -i adjectives
  5. -i-
  6. -ia
  7. -iad
  8. -ial
  9. -ials
  10. -ian
  11. -iana

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