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Mia

Mia

See also: mia, MIA, mía, Mía, mìa, miâ, miä, and mi'a

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.

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Danish

Etymology

Contraction of Maria.

Proper noun

Mia

  1. A female given name.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Mia f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Mia
Accusative Miu
Dative Miu
Genitive Miu

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.

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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.

mia

mia

See also: Mia, MIA, mía, mìa, Mía, miâ, miä, and mi'a

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).
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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

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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

Noun

mia f (plural miele)

  1. ewe lamb
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Romansch

Adjective

mia f (masculine mes)

  1. (possessive) my

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مِئَة (miʾa).

Swahili cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : mia

Numeral

mia (invariable)

  1. (cardinal) hundred

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