-ia

suffix

Used in forming placenames, especially of countries.

“militaria, deletia, Orientalia”

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-ana-ica
OriginLatin -ia ← Ancient Greek -ία →
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Meanings

-ia1

suffix
  1. Used in forming placenames, especially of countries.
  2. Used in forming names of diseases.
  3. Used in forming names of flowers.
  4. rareUsed in forming names of collections of things.

    militaria, deletia, Orientalia

    Synonyms: -ana, -ica

-ia2

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

-ia3

suffix
  1. Used in forming female given names.

    Crystallia, Edmondia, Edwardia

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixUsed in forming names of collections of things.

Similar
-ana-ica
Also see
-ana-hood-ica-osity

Origin

-ia · suffix

  1. Ancient Greek-ία
  2. Latin-ia
  3. English-ia

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

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-ia · suffix

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

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-ia · suffix

  1. Latin-ia
  2. English-ia

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

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Cite this entry
APA

-ia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ia

MLA

“-ia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ia.

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