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CIA

1
or C.I.A.

abbreviation for

  1. Central Intelligence Agency: the U.S. federal agency that coordinates governmental intelligence activities outside the United States.


Cia.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Company.

CIA

abbreviation for

  1. Central Intelligence Agency; a federal US bureau created in 1947 to coordinate and conduct espionage and intelligence activities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of CIA1

From the Spanish word Compañía
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Example Sentences

Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.

Have you ever heard any feedback from the CIA/actual spies on Archer?

They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.

Why would the CIA work to overthrow the Ukrainian government?

That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.

The capital of this empire was first Se-leu´cia, near Babylon, and later An´ti-och, which became a rich and well-known city.

My mother lived to bear the victor's bands, The queen of Hippopla'cia's sylvan lands.

Bhuail gaol o a sil an Garbh borb, agus dh' innis cia as doibh.

Gach uile rioghachd mar an ceadn' cia h-iomdha bhi siad ann, All kingdoms likewise, however numerous they be.

Cari'no, father of Zeno'cia, the chaste troth-plight wife of Arnoldo (the lady dishonorably pursued by the governor count Clodio).

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