English

Proper noun

Alia

1. A female given name

Esperanto

Adjective

alia ‎(accusative singular alian, plural aliaj, accusative plural aliajn)

1. other, another
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 25:1.

     Kaj Abraham prenis alian edzinon, kiu estis nomata Ketura.

     And Abraham took another wife, who was named Ketura.

Synonyms

• nesama ‎(“different”)

Derived terms

• unu la alian ‎(“one another”)

Latin

Noun

alia

1. plural of alium

Adjective

alia

Inflection of alius.

1. other, another
2. different, changed

Derived terms

• inter alia

References

• alia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ALIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the case is exactly similar (entirely different): eadem (longe alia) est huius rei ratio
    
  • (ambiguous) systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
    

Portuguese

Verb

alia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of aliar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of aliar