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1| a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera. |
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2| a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in Neo-Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending -ē of Greek words: anabaena; cinchona; pachysandra. |
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3| an ending of personal names forming feminines from masculines: Georgia; Roberta. |
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4| a suffix designating the oxide of the chemical element denoted by the stem: alumina; ceria; thoria. |
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