-ia
Meanings
suffix
- Used in forming placenames, especially of countries.
- Used in forming names of diseases.
- Used in forming names of flowers.
- Used in forming names of collections of things.
suffix
- Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.
suffix
- Used in forming female given names.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.
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