Chia or CHIA may refer to:
Plants
edit- Amaranthus hypochondriacus
- Mesosphaerum suaveolens, an herb also known as pignut or chain
- Salvia lavanduloides
- Salvia columbariae, a herbaceous annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia, or desage
- Salvia hispanica, a herbaceous annual plant commonly called chia, used in Chia Pet products
- Salvia longispicata
- Salvia polystachia, a herbaceous perennial plant native to Mexico, Guatemala and Panama
- Salvia tiliifolia, a herbaceous annual commonly called lindenleaf sage or Tarahumara chia
Plant products
edit- Chia seed, edible seeds of one of the chia plant species
Places
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Chia (cryptocurrency), a proof-of-space-and-time (Storage provided over amount of time) cryptocurrency
- Chía (goddess), a deity in Muisca mythology
- 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