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I•da

Pronunciation: (ī'du), [key]
—n.
1. Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 ft. (1771 m). Turkish, Kazdağ.
2. Modern, Mount Psiloriti. the highest mountain in Crete. 8058 ft. (2456 m).
3. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “happy.”

IDA

International Development Association.

-ida

Zool.
a suffix of the names of orders and classes: Arachnida.

Ida.

Idaho.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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