"Jia" meaning in English

See Jia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Jias [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 賈/贾 (jiǎ). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|cmn|-}} Borrowed from Mandarin, {{zh-l|賈}} 賈/贾 (jiǎ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Jias}} Jia (plural Jias)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Jia-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 佳 (Jiā). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Jia County}}, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|佳|tr=Jiā}} Mandarin 佳 (Jiā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Jia
  1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Shaanxi Translations (county): (Jiā) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Jia-en-name--PcMqmsN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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