CHIA

Meaning of CHIA in English

[Other] The moon-goddess of the Colombian Muisca (Chibcha). It is believed that she caused the deluge that flooded the world. She disappeared somewhere in the west, where she left her footprints on the rocks.

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CHIA — ˈchēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish chía, from Nahuatl chía, chian, from Maya chiháan strong, strengthening 1. : any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHIA — /chee"euh/ , n. 1. a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having …
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CHIA — Pinyin Jia, type of Chinese bronze vessel produced during the Shang (18th-12th century Bc ) and early Chou (1111-c. 900 …
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CHIA — Chia mu ssu Shih chia chuang Chang chia k'ou Chia i
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CHIA OIL — noun see chia 3
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MIN-CHIA — ˈminjēˈä, -nˈjä noun ( plural min-chia ) Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) Min 2 -chia 2 , from …
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PAO-CHIA — Pinyin baojia traditional Chinese system of collective neighbourhood organization, by means of which the government was able to maintain order …
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LI-CHIA — Pinyin Lijia, system of social organization in Ming China. See pao-chia.
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T'U-CHIA — Pinyin Tujia, any member of a people distributed over southwestern Hunan and southwestern Hupeh provinces in China. The T'u-chia numbered …
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SHIH-CHIA-CHUANG — Pinyin Shijiazhuang city in west-central Hopeh sheng (province), China. It is the administrative capital of Hopeh province. It stands on …
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CHIA-MU-SSU — Pinyin Jiamusi, city in northeastern Heilungkiang sheng (province), northeastern China. Chia-mu-ssu is situated on the lower reaches of the Sungari …
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CHIA-I — also spelled Chiayi, shih (municipality) and seat of Chia-i hsien (county), on the western coastal plain of Taiwan. It lies …
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CHIA-HSING — Pinyin Jiaxing, city, northern Chekiang sheng (province), eastern China. Chia-hsing is a communications centre in the southern Yangtze River delta, …
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CHIA-CHING — Pinyin Jiajing (reign title), personal name (Wade-Giles romanization) Chu Hou-t'sung, posthumous name (shih) Su Ti, temple name (ming)Shih Tsung (b. …
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CHIA-CH'ING — born Nov. 13, 1760, Peking died Sept. 2, 1820, Jehol [now Ch'eng-te], Hopeh province, China Pinyin Jiaqing (reign title), personal …
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CH'I-CHIA CULTURE — Pinyin Qijia, the only Neolithic culture to be uncovered in China that shows North Eurasian influence. Although most archaeologists date …
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CHIA PET — Someone with short, curly, frizzy chia pet hair. From Chia pet. Example: He's all right, but a bit of a …
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LIJIA — Wade-Giles li-chia system of social organization in Ming-dynasty China. See pao-chia.
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KU-WEN — Pinyin Guwen (Chinese: ancient script), early form of Chinese writing, examples of which are found on bronze vessels and objects …
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CHUEH — Pinyin Jue, type of Chinese bronze vessel produced during the Shang (18th-12th century Bc ) and early Chou (1111-c. 900 …
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YUN-LIN — hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsien of Chang-hua (north), Nan-t'ou (east), and Chia-i (south) and by …
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YANGTZE RIVER — The Huang Ho basin and the Yangtze River basin and their drainage networks. Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ch'ang Chiang, or (Pinyin) Chang …
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TUNG — Pinyin Dong, Tung Kam, also called (Wade-Giles) Tung-chia, or Tung-jen an ethnic minority of China found in southeastern Kweichow province …
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TAOISM — indigenous religio-philosophical tradition that has shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. In the broadest sense, a Taoist attitude …
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TAI — also spelled Dai, peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao …
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T'AI-NAN — hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 778 square miles (2,016 square km). It is bordered by Chia-i hsien …
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T'AI-CHUNG — shih (municipality), west-central Taiwan, since 1959 the seat of the provincial administration of Taiwan province. T'ai-chung grew in the early …
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SINGAPORE — city, capital of the Republic of Singapore. It occupies the southern part of Singapore Island. Its strategic position on the …
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HUANG TSUN-HSIEN — born 1848, Chia-ying, now Mei-hsien, Kwangtung province, China died March 28, 1905, Chia-ying Pinyin Huang Zunxian Chinese poet and government …
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HOPEH — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ho-pei, (Pinyin) Hebei, sheng (province) of northern China, located on the Po Hai (Gulf of Chihli) of the …
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CHUNGKING — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ch'ung-ch'ing, (Pinyin) Chongqing largest city of the Szechwan sheng (province), China. The leading river port and industrial centre …
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