-ia
Etymology

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

Etymology 1

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

Suffix
  1. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).
Synonyms Etymology 2

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

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



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