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1.  -a
a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin:
phenomena; criteria; data.

2.  -a
a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in New Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending -ē of Greek words:
cinchona; pachysandra.

3.  -a
a suffix occurring in the names of oxides of the chemical element denoted by the stem:
alumina; thoria.

Etymology: (prob. <-a of magnesia)

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