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-ica

-ica suffix: a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.

Suffix

-ica

  1. a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.
    Synonyms:
    -ana, -iana, -ia

Synonyms of -ica

Origin of -ica

From Latin -ica, neuter plural of -icus. Note that etymologically this is not -ic + -a (“(plural ending)”), as -ic is the English form, having dropped the -um, though adding an -a to an English word ending in -ic does produce a superficial etymologically.

Words formed from -ica

Questions about -ica

What does -ica mean?
-ica means a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.
What part of speech is -ica?
-ica is a suffix.

Words near -ica in the dictionary

  1. -ibilities
  2. -ibility
  3. -ible
  4. -ibly
  5. -ic
  6. -ica
  7. -ical
  8. -icam
  9. -icase
  10. -ication
  11. -ice

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -ica (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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