ia
/ˈiə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Abbreviation of Iowa: a state of the United States.
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Initialism of Iraqi Army.
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Initialism of Ice Age.
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Initialism of Internet Archive: an American nonprofit digital library website founded in 1996.
intj
Example Sentences
- "Provided that they [the Indian Army or IA] do their duty, armed insurrection in India would not be an insoluble problem. If however the IA go the other way, the picture would be very different. We do not have the military force to hold India against a widespread guerrilla movement or to reconquer India ... It is doubtful if we could keep the Indian troops loyal. Attlee to Chiefs of Staff, TOP, XI, p.68"
- "Your home in the sky. In the coming weeks, Indian Airlines (IA) may consider changing its slogan to something more down to earth. For the airline itself may be running for shelter when it announces its results for 2001-2 sometime next month."
Usage
- Uncountable
- Indian usage
- Countable
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Indian Army at the Encyclopedia of India
Indian Airlines at the Encyclopædia Britannica