"KIA" meaning in English

See KIA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/ Forms: K.I.A. [alternative], K. I. A. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} KIA (not comparable)
  1. (military) Initialism of killed in action. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: killed in action Related terms: MIA [military, war, government, politics]
    Sense id: en-KIA-en-adj-XP1c7RnS Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Death, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 4 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 6 42 1 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 3 42 1 10 Disambiguation of Death: 55 0 45 Disambiguation of People: 48 7 46 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Proper name

IPA: /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/ Forms: K.I.A. [alternative], K. I. A. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-prop}} KIA
  1. Initialism of Kachin Independence Army. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Kachin Independence Army
    Sense id: en-KIA-en-name-nkpL~7mD

Noun

IPA: /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/ Forms: KIAs [plural], K.I.A. [alternative], K. I. A. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KIA (plural KIAs)
  1. (military) A person who is killed in action. Related terms: kiyi
    Sense id: en-KIA-en-noun-ddNJLRH2 Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Death, People, War Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 4 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 6 42 1 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 3 42 1 10 Disambiguation of Death: 55 0 45 Disambiguation of People: 48 7 46 Disambiguation of War: 39 4 57 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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