Bia

[ bahy-uh ]

/ ˈbaɪ ə /

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noun

the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.

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Words nearby Bia

Bhutan, Bhutanese, Bhutatathata, Bhutto, bi, Bia, biacetyl, biach, Biafra, Biafran, Biak

Other definitions for Bia (2 of 2)

BIA

Bureau of Indian Affairs.

How to use Bia in a sentence

Now, it is done—now, you are chained—Bia has finished the work—I, Ba!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
Another derivation is Al'bia, eldest of the fifty daughters of Diocle'sian king of Syria.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
The bite of a mad dog produces a very dreadful disease, called Hydropho'bia.
Parker's Second Reader|Richard G. Parker
Farther west are the Tano and Bia rivers, which empty their waters into the Assini lagoon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various

Captain Bia succumbed to smallpox and the column encountered every conceivable hardship.
An African Adventure|Isaac F. Marcosson