Chia or CHIA may refer to:

Plants

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Amaranthus hypochondriacus ''Amaranthus hypochondriacus'' is an ornamental plant commonly known as Prince-of-Wales feather or prince's-feather. Originally endemic to Mexico, it is called ''quelite, bledo'' and ''quintonil'' in Spanish. In Africa and El Salvador, like many ...

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Mesosphaerum suaveolens ''Mesosphaerum suaveolens'', synonym ''Hyptis suaveolens'', chia, pignut, or chan, is a branching pseudocereal plant native to tropical regions of Mexico, Central, the West Indies, and South America, as well as being naturalized in tropical par ...

'', an herb also known as ''pignut'' or ''chain'' * '' Salvia lavanduloides'' * ''

Salvia columbariae ''Salvia columbariae'' is an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desert chia, because its seeds are used in the same way as those of ''Salvia hispanica'' (Chia seed, chia). It grows in California, Nevada, Utah, ...

'', a herbaceous annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desage * ''

Salvia hispanica ''Salvia hispanica'', one of several related species commonly known as chia (), is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is considered a pseudocereal, cultivat ...

'', a herbaceous annual plant commonly called chia, used in Chia Pet products * '' Salvia longispicata'' * ''

Salvia polystachia ''Salvia polystachia'', also spelt ''Salvia polystachya'', is a herbaceous perennial native to central Mexico and south through Central America into Panama, typically growing at elevations from 5,000 to 10,000 feet in mild climates where there ...

'', a herbaceous perennial plant native to Mexico, Guatemala and Panama * ''

Salvia tiliifolia ''Salvia tiliifolia'' (lindenleaf sage or Tarahumara chia) is a vigorous, herbaceous annual in the family Lamiaceae that is native to Central America. As a pioneer of abused areas, the plant has spread in modern times into: South America, as far ...

'', a herbaceous annual commonly called lindenleaf sage or Tarahumara chia

Plant products

Chia seed Chia seeds ( ) are the edible seeds of ''Salvia hispanica'', a flowering plant in the Mentha, mint family (Lamiaceae) native to central and southern Mexico, or of the related ''Salvia columbariae'', ''Salvia polystachia'', or ''Salvia tiliifolia' ...

, edible seeds of one of the ''chia'' plant species

Places

* Chía, Aragon, a municipality in Spain *

Chía, Cundinamarca Chía is a city and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca in Colombia, located 10 km north of Bogotá on the main road to Zipaquira. Due to its proximity to Bogotá, Chía has effectively become a suburb of t ...

, a town and municipality in Colombia *

Chia (Sardinia) Chia (), 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 (; ) is a Provinc ...

, a coastal area and village in Sardinia, Italy * , a frazione in

Soriano nel Cimino Soriano nel Cimino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, central Italy. The town is overlooked by Monte Cimino, the highest peak in the Monti Cimini. Main sights *The Orsini Castle, built by Orso Orsini in the 13th centu ...

, central Italy

Personal names

Chia (surname) Chia is a surname. It is a Latin-alphabet spelling of various Chinese surnames, as well as an Italian surname. Statistics Chia was the 20th-most common Chinese surname in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese ch ...

, a surname in various cultures **

Xie (surname) Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe ...

, a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Singapore and Malaysia **

Jia (surname) Jiǎ () is a surname. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Ka is the corresponding Cantonese-based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions. Notable people wit ...

, a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Taiwan or in the early 20th century * A Spanish variant of the name Lucia

Other uses

Chia (cryptocurrency) Chia Network is a proof of space and proof of time-based blockchain. It issues the digital currency Chia (XCH). It was founded in 2017 by Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent, and Ryan Singer. Its headquarters are in South San Francisco, Califo ...

, a proof-of-space-and-time (Storage provided over amount of time) cryptocurrency *

Chía (goddess) The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times.Ocampo López, Javier. Leyendas populares colo ...

, a deity in Muisca mythology *

Chia Pet Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened chia seeds (''Salvia hispanica'') are applied to a grooved terracotta ...

, American figurines * ChIA-PET, a molecular biological technique * "Chia", a song by Four Tet from the album '' Rounds'' * '' Chia Black Dragon'', a series of dark fantasy novels by Stephen Marley *

Masala chai Masala chai (; ) is a popular beverage originating from South Asia. It is made by brewing black tea (usually crush, tear, curl) in milk and water, and then by sweetening with sugar. Adding aromatic herbs and spices creates masala chai. The t ...

, called ''chia'' in Nepal {{disambiguation, geo, plant