Standard Lemma guide

PIA

name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: P IY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Proto-Indo-Aryan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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name

Meaning 2

A female given name from Latin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 3

A surname

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 4

A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of porcine intestinal adenomatosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of personal injury accident.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of pain in the ass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of penis in anus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, sexuality

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noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of privacy impact assessment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 10

The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 11

Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides), whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot starch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 12

perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia Proto-Polynesian *pia Hawaiian piabor. English pia Borrowed from Hawaiian pia.