Chia may refer to:
Plants
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Salvia hispanica
''Salvia hispanica'', commonly known as chia (), is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is considered a pseudocereal, cultivated for its edible, hydrophilic chia s ...
'', flowering plant in the sage family
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Chia seed, edible seeds of ''Salvia hispanica''
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Salvia columbariae'', an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia or desert chia
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Salvia polystachya
''Salvia polystachya'' is a Perennial plant, herbaceous perennial native to central Mexico and south into Guatemala and Panama, typically growing at elevations from 5,000 to 10,000 feet in mild climates where there is some summer rain. It is rare ...
'', a herbaceous perennial plant native to Mexico, Guatemala and Panama
Places
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Chía, Aragon
Chía (); ) is a municipality in Aragon in the province of Huesca
Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the com ...
, a municipality in Spain
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Chía, Cundinamarca, a town and municipality in Colombia
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Chia (Sardinia)
Chia (pronounced /kia/), also named Baia di Chia, is a coastal area in southern Sardinia (Italy), which is also a village, ''frazione'' of the municipality of Domus de Maria, in the Province of South Sardinia
The Province of South Sardinia ( ...
, a coastal area and village in Sardinia, Italy
* , a frazione in
Soriano nel Cimino, central Italy
Personal names
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Chia (surname), a surname in various cultures
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Xie (surname), a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Singapore and Malaysia
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Jia (surname), a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Taiwan or in the early 20th century
* A Spanish variant of the name
Lucia Lucia may refer to:
Arts and culture
* ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás
* ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film
* '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA''
* "Lucia", a Swedish c ...
Other uses
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Chia (cryptocurrency), a proof-of-space-and-time (Storage provided over amount of time) cryptocurrency
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Chía (goddess), a deity in Muisca mythology
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Chia Pet, American figurines
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ChIA-PET, a molecular biological technique
* "Chia", a song by Four Tet from the album ''
Rounds''
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Chia Black Dragon'', a series of dark fantasy novels by Stephen Marley
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Masala chai
Masala chai (, ; Urdu: مصالحہ چائے, Hindi: मसाला चाय) is an Indian tea culture, Indian tea beverage made by boiling black tea in milk and water with a mixture of aromatic herbs and spices. Originating in India the bever ...
, called ''chia'' in Nepal
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