mia

1. uncountableclassical studiesAn ancient bluffing game played with dice.

1. InternetuncountableBulimia nervosa.

alternative M.I.A. · alternative M. I. A.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablegovernmentInitialism of missing in action.

   When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as MIA.

2. broadlynot comparableAbsent for a long time.

   My friends have been MIA today.

alternative M.I.A. · alternative M. I. A.

1. MormonismabbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Mutual Improvement Association.

   Synonyms: Mutual, Young Woman's, Young Men's

2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of missing in action, a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field.

alternative M.I.A. · alternative M. I. A.

1. Indo Aryan linguisticsabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Middle Indo-Aryan.
2. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Miami.

   56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992.

   1996, Marty Strasen, Basketball Almanac, 1996-97, page 415

3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Miami International Airport.

   West of downtown Miami, MIA is about a 15- to 20-minute drive from most parts of the city.

   2020 January 7, Rebecca Wallwork, “Which South Florida airport should I fly into?”, in CNN

1. A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.

   With the holiday break just around the corner, 21-year-old Mia Tretta was in her dorm with a friend studying for their final exams.

   2025 December 14, Nada Tawfik, Pratiksha Ghildial, “'Everyone says it'll never be me' - Brown University student on surviving two mass shootings”, in BBC

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   - - - 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.

   1991 February 24, Eric Lax, “Woody and Mia: A New York Story”, in The New York Times

plural Mias

1. A surname from Bengali.