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chia

/ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
chia
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A Chinese surname, variant of Jia.

name

A surname from Hokkien.

name

A surname from Teochew.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: chía, chiyan, 謝

Usage

Inflected Forms

chias (plural) Cheah (alternative) Sia (alternative)

Phrases

chia seed

Frequently Paired Words

chia seed

Rhymes With

idea korea maria garcia mia sofia ia sophia diarrhea ikea shia leah

Questions

How do you pronounce chia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/.
What does chia mean?
A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
Where does chia come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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