Chia
Chia may refer to:
Plants
- Salvia hispanica, flowering plant in the sage family
- Chia seed, edible seeds of Salvia hispanica
- Salvia columbariae, an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia or desert chia
- Salvia polystachya, a herbaceous perennial plant native to Mexico, Guatemala and Panama
Places
- Chía, Aragon, a municipality in Spain
- Chía, Cundinamarca, a town and municipality in Colombia
- Chia (Sardinia), a coastal area and village in Sardinia, Italy
- Chia, Lazio, a frazione in Soriano nel Cimino, central Italy
Personal names
- Chia (surname), a surname in various cultures
- Xie (surname), a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Singapore and Malaysia
- Jia (surname), 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), a proof-of-storage cryptocurrency
- Chía (goddess), a deity in Muisca mythology
- CHIA, Children's Hope In Action
- Chia Pet, 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, called chia in Nepal
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