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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Iowa
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A termination in Latin and Greek nouns (chiefly feminine), many of them in English use, being -a preceded by -i-, a stem-vowel, formative or euphonic, as in tib-ia, fasc-ia, milit-ia, man-ia, scor-ia, etc. When such forms are Anglicized, the termination becomes -y, as in
family , from Latin familia. - An abbrevation of Iowa.
- noun A termination in Latin and Greek nouns, many of them in English use, being -a preceded by -i-, a stem-vowel, formative or euphonic, as in regal-ia, saturnal-ia, etc.
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- abbreviation
Iowa , a state of theUnited States of America . - initialism Initialism of immediate action. This is the procedure to determine the cause of a rifle stoppage
- initialism Initialism of Institute of Arts.
- initialism computing Initialism of information assurance.
- initialism law enforcement Initialism of
internal affairs . This is a department responsible for investigating complaints against police officers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in midwestern United States
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The Research & Education Group in IA is conducting a survey aimed at understanding the current status of Information Architecture (IA) in Higher Education.
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I think I first came across the term IA in about 1999.
Mark Boulton 2010
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HOPPER: Well, Larry, tomorrow is what they call the IA, the initial appearance, so it's too early in the overall proceedings of the case like this, to start making predictions.
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I had no idea there are THAT many KKK groups – even in IA and OH … ..
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Sgt, Army; In country Sept 69 - May 72; wounded 3rd tour; guest speaker on tour in IA mid 80's - on PTSD and his experiences.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I can name several in IA and NE who had "conflicts" and cancelled multiple town halls!
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For some people, IA is old hat — a relic of the days when websites were mere collections of linked text files.
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But I guess that depends on where you place your Crayon line on the map – for some, anything south of OH, IN, IL, PA, IA is "the south." craig
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Like i said, i now live in IA and won't be making it down home to deer hunt until after the Nov. 19 deadline, but i know many of my family members will be participating.
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Like i said, i now live in IA and won't be making it down home to deer hunt until after the Nov. 19 deadline, but i know many of my family members will be participating.
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