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chia

/ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/

chia noun: a Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.

Noun

chia (countable and uncountable, plural chias)

  1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
  2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Chia

Chia (plural Chias)

  1. A Chinese surname, variant of Jia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Chia

Chia (plural Chias)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Hokkien.
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Teochew.

chia meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

chia in Hindi

चिया, चीया

chia in Marathi

चिया, चीया

chia in Urdu

چیا

chia in Bengali

চিয়া
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chia in Telugu
చియా
chia in Malayalam
ചിയാ, ചിയ
chia in Kannada
ಚಿಯಾ
chia in Punjabi
ਚੀਆ, ਚਿਆ
chia in Gujarati
ચિયા, ચીયા
chia in Odia
ଚିଆ, ଚିଯ଼ା

Forms of chia

Noun
pluralchias
Proper noun
pluralChias
alternative formCheah
alternative formSia

Origin of chia

Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ), 郟／郏 (jiá), 甲 (jiǎ), and 家 (jiā).

Borrowed from either Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝 /谢 (zia⁷).

Phrases with chia

Words that rhyme with chia

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Questions about chia

What does chia mean?
Chia means a Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
What is chia in Hindi?
Chia in Hindi is चिया, चीया. See Chia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chia?
Chia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chia?
Chia is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/.
What is the plural of chia?
The plural of chia is chias.

Words near chia in the dictionary

  1. chi-squared distribution
  2. chi-squared distributions
  3. chi-squares
  4. Chi-Town
  5. Chi.
  6. chia
  7. chia seed
  8. chia seeds
  9. Chia-hsien
  10. Chia-hsing
  11. Chia-i

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chia (page history and authors); Chia (page history and authors); chia (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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