Mia
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association. Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 2 An ancient bluffing game played with dice. uncountable
- 3 Bulimia nervosa. Internet, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of missing in action, a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of missing in action. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
"When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as MIA."
- 2 Absent for a long time. broadly, not-comparable
"My friends have been MIA today."
- 1 Initialism of Middle Indo-Aryan. Indo-Aryan-linguistics, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
"- - - I know he thinks my name is awkward to say. He rarely calls me Mia." Christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, she couldn't pronounce Maria when she was a toddler and called herself Mia."
- 3 A surname from Bengali.
- 4 Abbreviation of Miami. abbreviation, alt-of
"56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992."
- 5 Initialism of Miami International Airport. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"West of downtown Miami, MIA is about a 15- to 20-minute drive from most parts of the city."
Example
More examples"Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce."
Etymology
Clipping of bulimia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Mia as form of personification and coded language. Compare ana.
A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal.
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