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sia¹

  • /sjɑː˧/ Singapore
  • /-˨˧/ Singapore
  • /sjɐ/ Singapore
  • /sjə/ Singapore

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Malay sial. The omission of /l/ may have been motivated by Chinese phonology.

particle siah · sial · siol

  1. Manglish, Singlish Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation. — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?

Sia²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Egyptian sjꜣ (“Sia, perception”).

proper noun

  1. Egyptian An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception.

Sia³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Siā).

proper noun Cheah · Chia

  1. Philippines A surname from Hokkien

Sia⁴

proper noun

  1. A female given name.

SIA⁵

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Social Impact Assessment

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rus, psi, dir, semiconductor, grt, rhs, ltr, hia, dre, isa, erd, mda, ais, frc, ers, po

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MLA

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{sia_2026,
  title = {sia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}