Jia
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain."
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
"Yan was born in 1908 in Jia County, Shaanxi Province."
Example
More examples"How much more so for my father, the honourable Mr Jia, who is generous and chivalrous, anxious to help those in difficulty, deals with people’s problems, and helps people marry off their daughters and raise their sons; examples of these cannot be counted on one’s fingers. He spends money like dirt, much of it for other people."
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 佳 (Jiā).
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