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tia¹

proper noun TIA

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of This Is Africa, a business newspaper.

noun tias · TIA

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of transient ischemic attack

phrase TIA

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of thanks in advance

Tia²

  • /tiːə/ UK

Where it comes from

Invented in the latter half of the twentieth century. It can be explained as a short form of Letitia or Venetia, or from Estonian Tiia, pet form of Dorothea.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.

TIA³

phrase

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of thanks in advance

noun TIAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of transient ischemic attack

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Total Information Awareness
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of This Is Africa: a business publication.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: uk, cent, act, ait, has, tiaan, tina, taya, tila, tienya, tiffani, tiannia, tykeia, tate, tiana, twila

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{tia_2026,
  title = {tia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}