-ia

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

Full definition of -ia

Suffix

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

Synonyms

• (collections of things) -ana, -ica

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

Suffix

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

Derived terms