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Mia

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈmiːə//

A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.

    - - - I know he thinks my name is awkward to say. He rarely calls me Mia." Christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, she couldn't pronounce Maria when she was a toddler and called herself Mia.

    With the holiday break just around the corner, 21-year-old Mia Tretta was in her dorm with a friend studying for their final exams.

Etymology

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Bengali.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal.

Forms

plural
Mias
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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