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Mia

//miː.ə// adj, name, noun

Adjective

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."

Proper Noun

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."

Noun

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

Etymology 1

Clipping of bulimia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Mia as form of personification and coded language. Compare ana.

Etymology 2

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal.

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