Zia

See also: zia

English

Etymology

(sense 1 below) Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء‎ (ḍiyāʾ, “light”) via Spanish.

Proper noun

Zia

The Zia sun Symbol is featured on the New Mexico flag.
  1. A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
  2. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  3. A pueblo in New Mexico.
  4. Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء‎ (ḍiyāʾ, “light”).

Proper noun

Zia ?

  1. a pueblo in New Mexico
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