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PIA¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Indo-Aryan

noun PIAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of porcine intestinal adenomatosis
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal injury accident
  3. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pain in the ass
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of penis in anus
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of privacy impact assessment

pia²

noun

  1. The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord. One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.

pia³

noun

  1. uncountable Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides), whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot starch.

Pia⁴

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin.
  2. A surname

Pia⁵

proper noun

  1. A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: indian arrowroot, tacca leontopetaloides, tacca pinnatifida, pious, mater, epa, mrs, evaluation, assessment, iap, airline, vet, privacy, adp, lip, arachnoid

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@misc{pia_2026,
  title = {pia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}