"-ia" meaning in English

See -ia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|der|la>-ia>abstract nouns|id=country names}}, {{der|en|la|-ia}} Latin -ia, {{der|en|grc|-ία}} Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ia, {{en-suffix}} -ia
  1. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia). Tags: morpheme Synonyms (collections of things): -ana, -ica Related terms: -ian
    Sense id: en--ia-en-suffix-3FkpjHei Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From the endings of corresponding Latin and Ancient Greek plural nouns. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ia, {{en-suffix}} -ia
  1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ia-en-suffix-qqOZGQNh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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