Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to:
Chinese history
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Xia dynasty
The Xia dynasty (; ) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Emperor Shun, Shun, the last of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Fiv ...
(c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history
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Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty
* Xia (617–621), a state founded by
Dou Jiande near the end of the Sui dynasty
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Western Xia
The Western Xia or the Xi Xia ( zh, c=, w=Hsi1 Hsia4, p=Xī Xià), officially the Great Xia ( zh, c=大夏, w=Ta4 Hsia4, p=Dà Xià, labels=no), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts ...
(1038–1227), a Tangut-led dynasty
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Eastern Xia (1215–1233), a Jurchen-led dynasty
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Ming Xia (1362–1371), a short-lived dynasty that existed during the late Yuan dynasty period
Other uses
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Huaxia or Xia, an ancient ethnic group later known as the Han Chinese
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Xia (surname)
Xia is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsia in Wade–Giles, and Ha in Cantonese. Xia is the 154th surname in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ' ...
, a Chinese surname
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Xia (philosophy), a Chinese philosophy somewhat like the chivalrous code of European knights
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Xia County, Shanxi, China
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Xia Vigor
Xiamara “Xia” Sophia Bernardo Vigor (born 23 June 2009) is a British-Filipino child actress and TV host in the Philippines.
Biography
She was the first grand winner of It's Showtime (Philippine TV program), ''It's Showtimes segment "Mi ...
(born 2009), British-Filipino actress
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Xiafs, a file system developed for the Linux operating system together with the Ext2 file system
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Xia class submarine, a Chinese ballistic missile submarine
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BYD Xia, a minivan produced by BYD Auto named after the Xia dynasty
* XIA, the ICAO Code for
Irving Oil, Canada
* XIA (
Junsu), 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
* Xia, a place in the fictional
Bionicle universe
* Xia, a hero or knight-errant in Chinese fiction, see ''
wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...
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See also
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Sia (disambiguation)
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Kia (disambiguation)
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