"Bia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βία (Bía, literally “Force”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Βία|lit=Force}} Ancient Greek Βία (Bía, literally “Force”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Bia
  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of force. Tags: Greek Translations (Greek goddess of force): Βία (Bía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Биа (english: Bia) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Bia [feminine] (French), Βία (Vía) [feminine] (Greek), 비아 (english: Bia) (Korean), Бия (Bija) [feminine] (Russian), Біа (english: Bia) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Bia
  1. Synonym of Akabea. Synonyms: Akabea [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Bia-en-name-luTjZ7~S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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