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Zia

Syllables: Zi·aUK/ˈziː.ə/US/ˈzi.ə/

Zia proper noun: a male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.

zia: a male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims
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Proper noun (1)

Zia

  1. A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
  2. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  3. Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin.

Adjective

Zia (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Zia Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Keres they speak.

Noun

Zia (countable and uncountable, plural Zia or Zias)

  1. (collective, in plural) A federally recognized tribe of Keres-speaking Pueblo people in Sandoval County, New Mexico, known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol.
  2. (countable) An individual member of this tribe.

Proper noun (2)

Zia

  1. The pueblo inhabited by these people.

Forms of Zia

pluralZia
pluralZias

Origin of Zia

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ, “light”) via Spanish.

Likely borrowed from Spanish Zía, from Eastern Keres Tsi'ya.

Words formed from Zia

  • Zia Pueblo

Words that rhyme with Zia

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Questions about Zia

What does Zia mean?
Zia means a male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
What part of speech is Zia?
Zia can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Zia?
Zia is pronounced /ˈziː.ə/ (UK).

Words near Zia in the dictionary

  1. Zhuzhou
  2. Zhvanets
  3. Zhydachiv
  4. Zhytomyr
  5. zi char
  6. Zia
  7. Zialo
  8. Ziam
  9. ziamet
  10. ziamets
  11. Ziar Kola

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