Usually means: Missing in action, often military.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. mia: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. MIA: Merriam-Webster
  3. MIA: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. MIA: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. MIA: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Mia, mia: Wordnik
  7. MIA, Mia, mia: Wiktionary
  8. MIA: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. MIA: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. MIA: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. MIA, m.i.a: Dictionary.com
  12. M.I.A: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  14. Mia: Rhymezone
  15. MIA: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. MIA: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. MIA: Who2
  18. MIA: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MIA: Netlingo

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  3. MIA, MIA, MIA: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  4. MIA: Acronym Finder
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MIA: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. M.I.A: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (by extension) Absent for a long time.
noun:  (classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.
noun:  (Internet slang) Bulimia nervosa.
noun:  A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
noun:  A surname from Bengali.
adjective:  (military) Initialism of missing in action. [(chiefly military) The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.]
noun:  (Mormonism) Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association.
noun:  (military) Initialism of missing in action., a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field
noun:  (Indo-Aryan linguistics) Initialism of Middle Indo-Aryan. [The stage of the Indo-Aryan languages following Vedic Sanskrit and preceding the modern Indo-Aryan languages.]
noun:  (sports) Abbreviation of Miami. [Alternative form of Mayaimi]

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