Pia

Definition: Pia

Pia

Noun

1. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.

"Pia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be pious and dutiful".

Date "pia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Pia

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
PIA	English	Purified isophtalic acid	Chemical Industry
PIA	French	Pression intra-abdominale	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: Pia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Polynesian mythology (Maori), Pia is a land of ice where huge fish play in the ocean and it is usually night-time. This is probably a reference to Antarctica.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pia."

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Synonyms: Pia

Synonyms: Indian arrowroot (n), Tacca leontopetaloides (n), Tacca pinnatifida (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pia

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Action	Phrase: "action is eloquence"; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas; "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n"; dii pia facta vident; faire sans dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; " our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts"; "the great end of life is not knowledge but action "; "thought is the soul of act"; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir; "we live in deeds not years".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pia

English words defined with "pia": Otaheite arrowroot ♦ pia mater, Pial ♦ subarachnoid space ♦ tomentum, tomentum cerebri. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Pia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Esperanto (pious), Hungarian (booze, likker, suck, swill, tiddly), Maori (beer), Papiamen (foot, leg, paw), Portuguese (sink, washbasin), Samoan (beer), Swahili (also, equally, likewise, too), Tahitian (beer).

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Modern Usage: Pia

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Pia de' Tolomei (1958)

Casa Pia de Lisboa (1933)

Le Calvaire de Dona Pia (1925)

Inauguração do Campo do Restelo da Casa Pia Atlético Club (1925)

Uma Parada dos Alunos da Casa Pia de Lisboa (1901)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Pia

Domain	Title
References	Acqua Pia Antica Marcia SpA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	A Selection of Emblems: From Herman Hugo, Pia Desideria ; Francis Quarles, Emblemes ; Edmund Arwaker, Pia Desideria (Publication / Auggustan Reprint) (reference) ACQUA PIA ANTICA MARCIA SPA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Pia Desideria (reference) Pia Fries (reference) PIA Handbook: Plastics Materials (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	West Virginia Pia News (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Welcome to Pia Carrot - Boxed Set (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Pia

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Familiar Quotations: Pia

Author	Quotation
William Shakespeare	These are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pia

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The subarachnoid space separates the arachnoid membrane from the underlying pia mater membrane. (references)
Business		PIA currently has a fleet of 47 aircraft. (references)
		In 1997, the new Chairman of PIA initiated a turnaround program. (references)
		PIA competes with 28 international carriers that fly to Pakistan. (references)
Economic History	Pakistan	PIA serves 32 domestic and 38 international destinations. (references)
	Pakistan	As of March 31, 2001, The national carrier, PIA, had a fleet of 46 aircraft. (references)
	Pakistan	As a result, PIA had to restructure its international network and re-deploy its resources to more profitable routes. (references)
Political Economy	PAKISTAN	The government lifted a ban on union activity in the Water and Power Development Authority (employing 130,000 workers) through an executive ordinance in July 2000, but suspended all union activities in the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in May 2001. The Labor Minister has pledged that union activities would be restored as soon as PIA regains its financial health. (references)
Travel	Pakistan	PIA and its domestic competitors serve 36 destinations in Pakistan. (references)
	Pakistan	As of July 2000, the domestic market is shared by PIA and four small private sector carriers, namely Aero-Asia, Bhoja Air Safe Air and Shaheen Air International. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	The ICFTU reported that during the year the Government also suspended union activities, including canceling collective bargaining agreements and closing union offices, at PIA. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pia

"Pia" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.77% of the time. "Pia" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	80.77%	21	76,261
Noun (common)	11.54%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	7.69%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	26	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Pia

The following table summarizes the usage of "pia" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Pia	First name Female	2,000	2,192
Pia	Last name	300	25,227
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Pia

"Pia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be pious and dutiful".

The following table summarizes names related to "Pia."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Pia	Female	English	Pius
Piia	Female	Finnish	Pia
Pia	Female	Italian	Pius
Pia	Female	Late Roman	Pius
Pius	Male	Late Roman	N/A
Pia	Female	Polish	Pius
Pia	Female	Scandinavian	Pius
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Pia

Country	Name
Italy	Acqua Pia Antica Marcia SpA
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Pia

Expressions using "pia": dii pia facta vident ♦ Pia mater. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
pia	354	welcome to pia carrot	10
pia zadora	272	padre pia	10
pia carrot	141	mater pia	10
pia reyes	65	pia texas	9
pia gow	53	pakistan pia	9
pia playful	34	pia gow poker	8
airline pia	32	3 carrot pia	8
getty pia	26	manalo pia	7
guanio pia	25	pia sands	7
douwes pia	25	carrot gallery pia	7
pia zadora nude	20	rocca pia	7
casa pia	16	gallery pia zadora	6
lindstrom pia	14	maria pia timoteo y	6
pia mellody	13	hydrangea pia	6
miranda pia	13	copello maria pia	6
pia carrot 2	13	ohio pia	6
pia snow	12	pia slapka	6
maria pia	12	pia zadora photo	6
carrot hentai pia	11	flight pia	5
pia zadora picture	10	georgia pia	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pia

Language		Translations for "pia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		мека мозъчна обвивка (pia mater). (various references)

Chinese		插入式放大器. (various references)

French		pie-mère (pia mater). (various references)

German		Pia meninx (pia mater), Pia mater (pia mater). (various references)

Greek		εσωτερικόσ υμήν του εγκέφαλου ή μυαλού (pia mater). (various references)

Italian		pia madre (pia mater), meninge connettivale (pia mater). (various references)

Manx		moir vog (pia mater). (various references)

Pig Latin		iapay

Portuguese		devoto (ascetic, devotee, devotional, devout, godly, obedientiary, pia mater, pious, prayerful, votary). (various references)

Russian		мягкая оболочка мозга (pia mater). (various references)

Spanish		piamadre (pia mater). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Pia

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pia": piacular, piaffe, piaffed, piaffer, piaffers, piaffes, piaffing, pial, pian, pianic, pianism, pianisms, pianissimi, pianissimo, pianissimos, pianist, pianistic, pianistically, pianists, piano, pianoforte, pianofortes, pianos, pians, pias, piasaba, piasabas, piasava, piasavas, piassaba, piassabas, piassava, piassavas, piaster, piasters, piastre, piastres, piazza, piazzas, piazze. (additional references)
	Words ending with "pia": amblyopia, ametropia, anisometropia, anopia, cornucopia, deuteranopia, diplopia, dystopia, ectopia, haplopia, hypermetropia, hyperopia, marsupia, meropia, myopia, nyctalopia, photopia, presbyopia, principia, scotopia, senopia, sepia, sinopia, subtopia, tilapia, utopia. (additional references)
	Words containing "pia": amblyopias, ametropias, anisometropias, anopias, apian, apiarian, apiarians, apiaries, apiarist, apiarists, apiary, asclepiad, asclepiads, callithumpian, capias, capiases, cornucopian, cornucopias, deuteranopias, diplopias, dystopian, dystopias, ectopias, espial, espials, expiable, expiate, expiated, expiates, expiating, expiation, expiations, expiator, expiators, expiatory, fortepiano, fortepianos, haplopias, hypermetropias, hyperopias, inexpiable, inexpiably, malapropian, marsupial, marsupials, meropias, myopias, nonutopian, nyctalopias, olympiad, olympiads. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pia"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "pia" (pronounced pē"u)
2	-ē" u	Althea, asea, Chia, diarrhea, diarrhoea, dulcinea, Galatea, Galleria, gonorrhea, idea, Maria, panacea, Perea, pizzeria, Rhea, ria, tortilla, urea.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Pia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-p"
	-1 letter: ai, pa, pi.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-p"
	+1 letter: lipa, nipa, padi, paid, paik, pail, pain, pair, pial, pian, pias, pica, pika, pima, pina, pita.
	+2 letters: aphid, aphis, apian, aping, apish, apsis, aspic, aspis, atrip, campi, carpi, inapt, lapin, lapis, limpa, milpa, nipas, okapi, padis, padri, paiks, pails, pains, paint, pairs, paisa, paise, palpi, panic, pappi, pardi, paris, patin, patio, pavid, pavin, pavis, phial, piano, pians, pibal, pical, picas, pieta, pikas, pilaf, pilar, pilau, pilaw, pilea, pimas, pinas, pinna, pinta, pipal, pitas, pizza, plaid, plain, plait, plica, podia, prima, psoai, rapid, sapid, sepia, spahi, spail, spait, spica, tapir, tapis, vapid.
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