Definition of "IA"

IA

proper noun
1. Iowa, a state of the United States of America.
2. (military, uncountable) Initialism of Indian Army.
  Quotations
  Provided that they [the Indian Army or IA] do their duty, armed insurrection in India would not be an insoluble problem. If however the IA go the other way, the picture would be very different.We do not have the military force to hold India against a widespread guerrilla movement or to reconquer India ... It is doubtful if we could keep the Indian troops loyal. Attlee to Chiefs of Staff, TOP, XI, p.68
  2014, Daniel Marston, The Indian Army and the End of the Raj‎, Cambridge University Press, page 1
3. (India, initialism) Initialism of Indian Airlines.
  Quotations
  Your home in the sky. In the coming weeks, Indian Airlines (IA) may consider changing its slogan to something more down to earth. For the airline itself may be running for shelter when it announces its results for 2001-2 sometime next month.
  2002, Rohit Saran, “Aviation - Indian Airlines”, in India Today‎, volume 27, Thomson Living Media India Limited, page 50
4. (military) Initialism of Iraqi Army.
5. (computing) Initialism of Intel Architecture.
6. Initialism of Ice Age.
interjection
1. (Arabic English) inshallah; God willing
noun
countable and uncountable, plural IAs
1. Initialism of immediate action. (the procedure to determine the cause of a rifle stoppage)
2. Initialism of Institute of Arts.
3. (computing) Initialism of information assurance.
4. (law enforcement) Initialism of internal affairs. (a department responsible for investigating complaints against police officers)
5. (military) Initialism of individual augmentee.
6. (linguistic morphology) Initialism of item-and-arrangement.
7. (grammar) Initialism of internal argument.
8. (politics) Initialism of international affairs.
9. Initialism of industrial action.
10. Initialism of Impact Assessment.