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nia¹

  • /njɑ(ː)˨/ Singapore

Where it comes from

From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”).

particle

  1. Singlish Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding. Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia.

    Similar: only

NIA²

proper noun

  1. Indo Aryan linguistics, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of New Indo-Aryan
  2. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Institute on Aging

Nia³

Where it comes from

Short for Antonia.

proper noun

  1. A female given name. Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister Nia Wilson at a makeshift memorial outside the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Oakland.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pu, isa, nai, deny, ila, isas, nydia, nelia, nila, neriah, aniya, onika, niki, nysa, nyla, afia

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MLA

"nia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

nia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nia

Chicago

"nia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nia.

BibTeX
@misc{nia_2026,
  title = {nia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}