tia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
  2. Initialism of This Is Africa, a business newspaper.
noun
  1. Initialism of transient ischemic attack.
phrase
  1. Initialism of thanks in advance.
name
  1. A female given name.
phrase
  1. Initialism of thanks in advance.
noun
  1. Initialism of transient ischemic attack.
name
  1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
  2. Initialism of Total Information Awareness.
  3. Initialism of This Is Africa: a business publication.

Pronunciation

/tiːə/

Word forms

tia tias

Etymology

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.

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