English

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name.
   • 1991 Eric Lax, Woody and Mia: A New York Story, New York Times, February 24th 1991

     - - - 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.

Usage notes

• The name did not have full name status before the 20th century.

Translations

Anagrams

• AIM, aim, AMI, IAM, I'ma, Ima, MAI, Mai

Danish

Etymology

Contraction of Maria.

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Mie

Faroese

Proper noun

Mia f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Mia: Miuson
• daughter of Mia: Miudóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

Contraction of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiːa]
• Hyphenation: Mi‧a

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name.

Norwegian

Etymology

Contraction of Maria and Emilia. Partly borrowed from Swedish Mia.

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Mie

Swedish

Etymology

Contraction of Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854.

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name.
   • 1933 Ivar Lo-Johansson, Godnatt, jord, Albert Bonniers förlag (1950), page 41:

     Göransons kvinna hette Mia. Till och med namnet tycktes dem skrattretande och inbjöd till hån. De uttalade det med en katts långdragna jamande: M-i-i-a-a-a... I mars jublade de det nätter och dagar.

English

Noun

mia ‎(uncountable)

1. (classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

mia ‎(uncountable)

1. (Internet, slang) bulimia (used especially by the pro-mia movement).

Related terms

• pro-mia

See also

• ana, pro-ana

Anagrams

• AIM, aim, AMI, IAM, I'ma, Ima, MAI, Mai

Bavarian

Pronoun

mia m ‎(first person singular possessive)

1. my

Esperanto

Etymology

mi +‎ -a

Determiner

mia ‎(accusative singular mian, plural miaj, accusative plural miajn)

1. my, mine

Italian

Pronoun

mia

1. feminine singular of mio

Anagrams

• ami
• mai

Mori Bawah

Noun

mia

1. person

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, ISBN 1136755098), page 685

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiə/
• Homophone: mìo

Adjective

mìa f ‎(first person singular possessive)

1. feminine singular of mìo

Pronoun

mìa f ‎(first person singular possessive)

1. feminine singular of mìo

Northern Paiute

Verb

mia

1. go

References

• Sven Liljeblad, ‎Catherine S Fowler, ‎Glenda Powell, Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary (2012, ISBN 1607819686) (mia-)

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mea.

Adjective

mia

1. feminine singular of meu

Portuguese

Verb

mia

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of miar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of miar

Romanian

Etymology 1

Noun

mia

1. definite singular nominative form of mie.
2. definite singular accusative form of mie.

Etymology 2

From Latin agnella.

Alternative forms

• mială

Noun

mia f ‎(plural miele)

1. ewe lamb

Declension

Derived terms

• mioară

Related terms

• miel
• miță

Romansch

Adjective

mia f ‎(masculine mes)

1. (possessive) my

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مِئَة ‎(miʾa).

Numeral

mia (invariable)

1. (cardinal) hundred

Derived terms

• asilimia