-alia

noun combining form

-a·​lia

ˈā-lē-ə,

ˈāl-yə

: realm of marine animal life

—in names of biogeographic realms

Arctalia

Bassalia

-alian

¦ā-lē-ən

¦āl-yən

adjective combining form

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek halia assembly & Greek hal-, hals sea; Greek halia akin to Greek eilein to compress, Old Slavic velikŭ great, and perhaps to Latin vulgus common people; Greek hals sea akin to Greek hals salt

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