Mia, Mía, MIA, or M.I.A. may refer to:

Music

Artists

M.I.A. (rapper) Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (; born 18 July 1975), known professionally as M.I.A. (; an initialism for both "Missing in Action" and "Missing in Acton"), is a British rapper, record producer, songwriter and singer. Her music combines element ...

(born 1975), English rapper and singer *

M.I.A. (American band) M.I.A. is an American 1980s punk rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band's sound is generally hardcore and thrash, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. AllMusic called the band "one of the 50 bes ...

, 1980s punk rock band from Orange County, California * MIA. (German band), a German rock/pop band formed in 1997 *

Mia (singer) Vilija Pilibaitytė (born 19 July 1983), better known by her stage name Mia, is a Lithuanian singer, songwriter and television host. In 2004, she released her debut single "Kiekvienam", which was successful in Lithuania. Since 2009, she has ho ...

(born 1983), Lithuanian singer and television presenter

Songs

* "Mía" (Armando Manzanero song) * "Mia" (Bad Bunny song) (2018) * "Mía" (Paulina Rubio song) * "Mía" (Tito El Bambino song) * "M.I.A" (Cher Lloyd song) (2019) * "Mia", a song by Aerosmith from ''

Night in the Ruts ''Night in the Ruts'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 16, 1979, by Columbia Records. Guitarist Joe Perry left the band midway through the album's recording. The album was initially produced at the ...

'' * "M.I.A.", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from ''

City of Evil ''City of Evil'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on June 6, 2005, through Warner Bros. and Hopeless Records. Co-produced by Andrew Murdock, ''City of Evil'' contains a more traditional heavy met ...

'' * "Mia", a 1967 song by

Sergio Bruni Sergio Bruni (stage name of Guglielmo Chianese; 15 September 1921 – 22 June 2003) was a popular Italian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was often called "The Voice of Naples". He was born in the commune of Villaricca, near Naples, Italy ...

* "Mia", a song by Chevelle from '' Point No. 1'' * "Mia", a song by Emmy the Great from '' First Love'' * "M.I.A.", a song by the Foo Fighters from '' There Is Nothing Left to Lose'' * "Mia", a 1992 song by

Gorki Gorki may refer to: *Maxim Gorki (1868–1936), Russian author * Gorki Águila (b. 1968), Cuban rock musician *Gorki (band) Gorki was a Belgian rock group, in its most recent line-up consisting of Luc De Vos (lead singer and guitarist), L ...

from ''Gorky'' * "Le Mia", a song by IAM * "Mia", a song by IU * "M.I.A.", a song by M.I.A. from ''

Arular ''Arular'' is the debut studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. It was released on 22 March 2005 in the United States, and one month later in the United Kingdom, with a slightly different track listing. In 2004, the album's release was ...

'' * "MIA", a 2013 song by Travis Scott from '' Owl Pharaoh'' * "M.I.A.", a song by 7 Year Bitch from ''

¡Viva Zapata! ''¡Viva Zapata!'' is the debut Album, studio album by American Rock music, rock band 7 Year Bitch, released on May 20, 1994, through C/Z Records. Produced by Jack Endino, it was their first record with guitarist Roisin Dunne. The album's tone was ...

'' * "M.I.A", a 2018 song by Stray Kids from ''

I Am Who ''I Am Who'' (stylized as ''I am WHO'') is the second extended play by South Korean boy group Stray Kids. The EP was released digitally and physically on August 6, 2018, by JYP Entertainment JYP Entertainment Corporation () is a South Korea ...

'' * "M.I.A", a 2021 song by Sumo Cyco from ''

Initiation Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformatio ...

'' * "Mia", a 2021 song by Snail Mail from '' Valentine''

Organizations

Malaysian Institute of Accountants Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) is the umbrella body for the accountancy profession in Malaysia. It was established under the Accountants Act, 1967 to regulate and develop the accountancy profession in this country. MIA operates under t ...

Marxists Internet Archive Marxists Internet Archive, also known as MIA or Marxists.org, is a non-profit online encyclopedia that hosts a multilingual library (created in 1990) of the works of communist, anarchist, and socialist writers, such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Enge ...

Michigan Islamic Academy Michigan Islamic Academy (MIA) is a Kindergarten through grade 12 Islamic private day school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school was opened in 1985. As of 2015 it had 213 students. 75 of them lived in Ann Arbor, 52 lived in Ypsilanti, 35 in Cant ...

, Ann Arbor, US *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; , ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enforcement in Russia through its agencies the Police of Russia, Migratio ...

Minneapolis Institute of Art The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is an arts museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Home to more than 90,000 works of art representing 5,000 years of world history, Mia is one of the List of largest art museums, largest ar ...

, Minnesota, US *

Montgomery Improvement Association The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was an organization formed on December 5, 1955 by black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama. Under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon, the MIA w ...

, Alabama, US *

Mouvement Islamique Armé The Islamic Armed Movement was an Islamic guerrilla group and terrorist organization in northern Algeria in the 1980s and 90s. The group was the largest and most broadly-based Algerian Islamic extremist organization of the 80s. The group was fou ...

, an Algerian Islamic terrorist group active in the 1980s and 90s *

Mutual Improvement Association (disambiguation) Mutual Improvement Association or MIA can refer to * Young Men (organization), a Latter-day Saints organisation formerly called the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association * Young Women (organization) The Young Women (often referred to as Y ...

, various bodies *

Mexican Insurgent Army The Mexican Insurgent Army (Spanish: Ejército Insurgente Mexicano, EIM) was a short-lived far-left guerrilla group that operated between 1968 and 1969 in the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas, Mexico. It was founded by left-wing newspaper editor ...

, a Mexican leftist-paramilitary organization

People

Transportation

* Mia Station, a subway station in Seoul, South Korea * MIA station, an LRT station in Parañaque, Philippines *

Miami International Airport Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary international airport serving Miami and its Miami metropolitan area, surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Florida. It hosts over 1, ...

's IATA code *

Manchester Airport station Manchester Airport station is a railway, tram, bus and coach station at Manchester Airport, England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993. The station is south of Manchester Piccadilly, at the end of a short branch f ...

's station code

Other uses

Asunción International Marathon The Asunción International Marathon (), known by its acronym as MIA, is an annual road running event over the marathon distance (42.195 km) which takes place in August in Asunción, Paraguay, since 2010. It's organized by Paraguay Marathon C ...

, known by its acronym as MIA (''Spanish for Maratón Internacional de Asunción'') * ''Mia'' (film), a 2023 film *

Mia (game) Mia is a simple dice game with a strong emphasis on bluffing and detecting bluff
related to MIA (gene), which encodes melanoma-derived growth regulatory protein *

Music Industry Awards The MIA's, in full Music Industry Awards, are Flemish music prizes that are awarded by the VRT in collaboration with Music Centre Flanders. The prizes replace the ZAMU Awards, last awarded in 2006. The abbreviation MIA is a wink to ''Mia'', ...

, a Belgian music industry award *

Mia electric Mia Electric was a French electric car manufacturer in the 2010s. The company, based in Cerizay, France, designed and built electric vehicles made totally in France. The Mia was the company's first all-electric model on the market. The car has a ...

, former French carmaker *

Mia-dong Mia-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Gangbuk District, Seoul, South Korea. From June 30, 2008, nine administrative Mia-dongs were divided Mia-dong (Mia 3-dong), Samgaksan-dong (Mia 6 and 7-dong), Samyang-dong (Mia 1 and 2-dong), Songcheo ...

, a neighbourhood (''dong'') in Seoul, South Korea *

Magnetic immunoassay Magnetic immunoassay (MIA) is a type of diagnostic immunoassay using magnetic beads as labels in lieu of conventional enzymes (ELISA), radioisotopes ( RIA) or fluorescent moieties ( fluorescent immunoassays) to detect a specified analyte. MIA invol ...

, a biochemical test *

Master of International Affairs A Master of International Affairs (MIA) is a professional master's degree in international affairs. Subject matter Details can vary between degree-granting institutions, but such a degree typically includes these core courses: * Forms of gover ...

, a degree *

Media Information Agency Media Information Agency (MIA; ) is a public information service of North Macedonia. It is among the news agencies that provide professional standards in the sphere of its basic function - covering events, news and information. MIA works 24 hour ...

of the Republic of Macedonia * Medically indigent adult, US person without healthcare * Misfits in Action, a wrestling stable *

Missing in action Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty (person), casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoner of war, prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire. They may have been ...

, a casualty classification *

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) is geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales. It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. The main river s ...

, New South Wales, Australia *

Multilateral Agreement on Investment The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) was a draft agreement negotiated in secret between members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) between 1995 and 1998. It sought to establish a new body of universal inv ...

, an agreement between members of the OECD * '' M.I.A.: Mission in Asia'', 2009 video game