Zia or ZIA (also spelled Ziya, Ḍiya, Dia or Diya) may refer to:

People

Zia (name) Zia (also spelled Ziya, Ḍiya , Dia or Diya, ) is a name of Arabic origin somewhat translating to "Shine". Notable people with this name include: Given name *Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth Pr ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** A romanization of the Wu (

Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan langua ...

) pronunciation of the Chinese surname Xie (謝) *

Zia people (New Mexico) The Zia () or Tsʾíiyʾamʾé are an indigenous nation centered at Zia Pueblo, New Mexico, Zia Pueblo (Tsi'ya), a Native American reservation in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The Zia are known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol. They a ...

Zia people (Papua New Guinea) The Zia are a people of about 4,000 people living in the lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The Zia are divided into four clans, Bego (''hornbill Hornbills are birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and ...

** The Zia language of Papua New Guinea

ZIA acronym

* Zamboanga International Airport, Philippines *

Zhukovsky International Airport Zhukovsky (), formerly (and still occasionally) known as Ramenskoye () is an international airport, located in Moscow Oblast, Russia, southeast of central Moscow, in the city of Zhukovsky, a few kilometers south-east of the closed Bykovo Airp ...

, Russia * Zia International Airport, Bangladesh, now

Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka (; ) is the main international airport serving Dhaka City, the capital city of Bangladesh, and it is the largest airport in the country. It is located in Kurmitola, from the city centre, in the ...

* ZIA, a musical group founded by Elaine Walker

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* ''Zia'' (brachiopod), a genus of

brachiopod Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...

s * ''Zia'' (novel), by Scott O'Dell *

Applebay Zia The Applebay Zia is an American, single-seat, high-wing, twin-boom, pusher configuration motor glider A motor glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power. The FAI Gliding Commission Sporting Code definiti ...

, motor glider * Zia, a small village on the Greek island of

Kos Kos or Cos (; ) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089 (2021 census), making ...

* Zia clan of the Diné, or

Navajo The Navajo or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language. The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (1 ...

, people * Zia Record Exchange, a regional chain of

record shop A record shop or record store is a retail outlet that sells Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music. Per the name, in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, record shops only sold gramophone records. But over the course of t ...

s located across the American Southwest

People

ZIA acronym

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