Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to:

Chinese history

Xia dynasty The Xia dynasty () is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, the Xia dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave the throne to him. In tradit ...

(c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history *

Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) Xia (), known in historiography as Hu Xia (胡夏), Northern Xia (北夏), Helian Xia (赫連夏) or the Great Xia (大夏), was a dynastic state of Xiongnu origin established by Helian Bobo during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China ...

(407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty * Xia (617–621), a state founded by

Dou Jiande Dou Jiande (; 573 – 3 August 621) was a leader of the agrarian rebels who rose against the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui near the end of the Chinese Sui dynasty. Generally considered the kindest and most able of the agrarian rebel leaders ...

near the end of the Sui dynasty *

Western Xia The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...

(1038–1227), a Tangut-led dynasty * Eastern Xia (1215–1233), a Jurchen-led dynasty *

Ming Xia The Ming Xia (1363–1371), officially the Great Xia, was a short-lived Chinese dynasty in modern Sichuan and Chongqing during the chaotic late Yuan dynasty. It was founded by the Red Turban rebel general Ming Yuzhen whose army expelled Yuan loya ...

(1362–1371), a short-lived dynasty that existed during the late Yuan dynasty period

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Huaxia ''Huaxia'' (華夏, ) is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation, and came from the self-awareness of a common cultural ancestry by the various confederations of pre-Qin ethnic ancestors of Han people. Etymology The earliest ...

or Xia, an ancient ethnic group later known as the Han Chinese * Xia (surname), a Chinese surname * Xia (philosophy), a Chinese philosophy similar (but not identical) to the chivalrous code of European knights *

Xia County Xia County or Xiaxian () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is o ...

, Shanxi, China * Xiafs, a file system developed for the Linux operating system together with the Ext2 file system * Xia class submarine, a Chinese ballistic missile submarine * XIA, the ICAO Code for

Irving Oil Irving Oil Ltd. is a Canadian gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company. Considered part of the Irving Group of Companies, it was founded by entrepreneur K.C. Irving, Kenneth "K.C." Irving and is privately owned by his son, A ...

, Canada * XIA (

Junsu Kim Jun-su (; born December 15, 1986) or simply Junsu, also known by the stage name Xia (stylized as XIA; ; ko, 시아) is a South Korean singer, model, dancer and stage actor. He is a member of the Korean pop group and later duo JYJ, and wa ...

), a Korean pop artist also known as Xiah and Junsu * Xia, the former stage name of Korean pop artist Jang Jin Young, formerly of

RaNiA Rania may refer to: Places * Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India. * Ranya, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan * Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India ** Rania, Khunti, ...

* Xia, a place in the fictional

Bionicle Bionicle was a line of Lego construction toys, marketed primarily towards 8-to-16-year-olds. The line originally launched in 2001 as a subsidiary of Lego's Technic series. Over the following decade, it became one of Lego's biggest-selling prop ...

universe * Xia, a hero or knight-errant in Chinese fiction, see ''

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted ...

Chinese history

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