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==English==
==English==
{{img
| blur = true
| blur_warning_label = Gore
| image1 = Federal soldier disembowelled by a shell, Gettysburg 3July1863.jpg
| caption1 = A Union soldier '''KIA''' during the {{w|American Civil War}}
}}


===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{sense|killed in action}} {{l|en|K.I.A.}}, {{l|en|K. I. A.}}
* {{sense|killed in action}} {{alt|en|K.I.A.|K. I. A.}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/}} {{qualifier|initialism}}
* {{IPA|en|/keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/}} {{q|initialism}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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{{en-adj|-}}
{{en-adj|-}}


# {{lb|en|military}} {{initialism of|en|killed in action}}.
# {{lb|en|military}} {{init of|en|killed in action}}.


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* {{sense|military}} {{l|en|MIA}}
* {{sense|military}} {{l|en|MIA}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-prop}}

# {{init of|en|w:Kachin Independence Army}}.
#* {{quote-journal |en |date=2025-07-18 |last=McLaughlin |first=Timothy |title=A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world |journal=w:Bloomberg Businessweek |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-18/as-us-and-china-feud-over-rare-earths-rebels-control-myanmar-s-mines |passage=Formed in 1961 to fight for greater autonomy for the ethnic minority of the same name, the '''KIA''' had built itself into a formidable military force, with deep experience operating in mountainous terrain.|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/S6MKS|archivedate=2025-07-18}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-propn}}

# {{lb|en|chess}} {{init of|en|w:King's Indian Attack}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===

Latest revision as of 02:31, 2 October 2026

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kia"

English

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A Union soldier KIA during the American Civil War

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/ (initialism)

Noun

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KIA (plural KIAs)

  1. (military) A person who is killed in action.
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Adjective

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KIA (not comparable)

  1. (military) Initialism of killed in action.
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  • (military): MIA

Proper noun

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KIA

  1. Initialism of Kachin Independence Army.
    • 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek‎[1], archived from the original on 18 July 2025:
      Formed in 1961 to fight for greater autonomy for the ethnic minority of the same name, the KIA had built itself into a formidable military force, with deep experience operating in mountainous terrain.

Proper noun

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KIA

  1. (chess) Initialism of King's Indian Attack

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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KIA (plural KIA-KIA)

  1. initialism of kartu identitas anak
  2. initialism of kesehatan ibu dan anak
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