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It comes from the ια or ία suffix in Greek, which denotes a country, nation, state, territory, etc.
It sounded and sounds like "Ee-ah" in Greek, but the "Ee" sound of the ι and ί has been softened into an "ae" sound.
The Greek name for Scotland, for instance, is Σκωτία, which sounds like "Scotia" with a soft O. (as opposed to the hard O found in the Latin name Scotia) 'ia' is a latin post fix that mean 'the state of.'
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What countries end with the letters IA?
Mongolia and russia
What are some countries that end in IA?
Indonesia Australia
What countries end in ia?
Countries that end in ia include:AlbaniaAlgeriaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaBoliviaBulgariaCambodiaColombiaCroatiaEstoniaEthiopiaThe GambiaGeorgiaIndiaIndonesiaLatviaLiberiaLithuaniaMacedoniaMalaysiaMauritaniaMicronesiaMongoliaNamibiaNigeriaRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSomaliaSt. LuciaSyriaTanzaniaTunisiaZambia
Name of country 8 letters ending in 'ia'?
Eight letter countries that end with ia include: Bulgaria Cambodia Colombia Ethiopia Malaysia Mongolia Slovakia Slovenia Tanzania
Why do country names end in ia?
Countries that end in ia include: Georgia, Russia, India, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Somalia, Bolivia, Romania, Austria, Australia, Zambia, Indonesia, Scandinavia, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Arabia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Columbia, Nigeria.
How many states end in the letter ia?
There are 5 states that end in ia, they are California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
What words end with suffix -ia?
Criteria, bacteria, insomnia, anemia, pneumonia.
What are the only countries ending the letters IA?
Countries ending with IA include: Bolivia India Namibia Latvia Bosnia Malaysia Indonesia Austria Australia Syria Serbia Somalia
Countries that belong to the brittish empire?
there are lots and lots and lots of countries that belong to the British empire i cant explain all of them sorry/
Was the iPod touch available in other countries?
yes it was. lots and lots of other countries too.
Why were the roman army the best in the world?
because they Concord lots of countries and lots of countries reared them
What words rhyme with ia at end?
Some words that rhyme with "ia" at the end are: idea, hysteria, criteria, and bacteria.
