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ilia

ilia is the plural of ilium.

Meaning of ilium

Noun

ilium (plural ilia)

  1. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
    • Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis
  2. (obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).

See all 3 meanings of ilium

Proper noun capitalized: Ilia

Ilia

  1. Another name for Elis, Greece

Questions about ilia

What does ilia mean?
Ilia means another name for Elis, Greece.
What is ilia the plural of?
Ilia is the plural of ilium.
What part of speech is ilia?
Ilia is a proper noun.

Words near ilia in the dictionary

  1. ILGWU
  2. Ilham
  3. ILHSM
  4. Ili
  5. Ili-
  6. ilia
  7. iliac
  8. iliac arteries
  9. iliac artery
  10. iliac crest
  11. iliac crests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ilia (page history and authors); Ilia (page history and authors); ilium (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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