"Gia" meaning in All languages combined

See Gia on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Gias [plural]
Etymology: * (name from Italian): Borrowed from Italian Gia * (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgia. Etymology templates: {{sense|name from Italian}} (name from Italian):, {{bor+|en|it|Gia}} Borrowed from Italian Gia, {{sense|name from Greek}} (name from Greek):, {{clipping|en|Georgia}} Clipping of Georgia Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Gia (plural Gias)
  1. A female given name.
    Sense id: en-Gia-en-name-b1svBRzJ Categories (other): English female given names, English given names
  2. A female given name.
    A female given name from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Gia-en-name-e6ZzvVGZ Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 54 38
  3. A female given name.
    A diminutive of the female given name Georgia, from Ancient Greek.
    Sense id: en-Gia-en-name-QXDWBgB3 Categories (other): English diminutives of female given names, English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 28 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): Gia (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 33 33 33

Proper name [Italian]

Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Gia f
  1. a diminutive of the female given names Gianna and Giada, masculine equivalent Gio Tags: feminine Derived forms: Gina, Gio

Proper name [Vietnamese]

IPA: [zaː˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [jaː˧˧] [Huế], [jaː˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 嘉. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|嘉}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|嘉}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 嘉 Head templates: {{head|vi|proper noun|head=Gia|tr=}} Gia, {{vi-proper noun|head=Gia}} Gia
  1. a male given name from Chinese
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