MIA Definition

ĕmī-ā
noun
A person in the armed forces who is lost during combat and who cannot be accounted for as a known casualty.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Missing in action.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name.
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Origin of MIA

  • From German and Scandinavian Mia.

    From Wiktionary

  • m(issing) i(n) a(ction)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

MIA Sentence Examples

  • Mia found it challenging to find a prom dress that met her modest standards.

  • Yep, they are MIA.

  • Mia is a singer-songwriter who hopes to land a record deal by the time she is 18.

  • Before filming The Other Side of Heaven, Hathaway landed the part that made her a household name, as well as a role model for children -- Mia Thermopolis in the Disney film, The Princess Diaries.

  • There probably weren't a whole lot of high heels on the streets of ancient Rome, but Mia Shoes' wooden-heeled clogs have something of a Roman influence about them all the same, albeit with a more modern twist.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIA

Words Ending With

AIAMIA

Unscrambles

MIA

Words Starting With M and Ending With A

Starts With M & Ends With AStarts With MI & Ends With AStarts With M & Ends With IA

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With M3 Letter Words Ending With A

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