What does "-ia" mean?

Used in forming placenames, especially of countries.

What is a synonym for "-ia"?

Common synonyms include: ana, ica.

suffix

suffix ·Rare ·Advanced level

Suffix

1
Used in forming placenames, especially of countries. morpheme
2
Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion. morpheme
3
Used in forming names of diseases. morpheme
4
Used in forming names of flowers. morpheme
5
Used in forming names of collections of things. morpheme, rare
"militaria, deletia"

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.