ia

Other forms of ia

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ia

What does ia mean?

ia means "a state in midwestern United States".

How many syllables are in ia?

ia has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈiə/.

What is another word for ia?

Close synonyms include Iowa, Hawkeye State, Ia.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ia a common word?

ia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ia?

10 words rhyme with ia. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.