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| Domain | Definition |
Census | Designation for the (Bureau of Indian Affairs), Department of the Interior. (references) |
Geological | The BIA serves Indian and Alaska Native tribes living on or near reservations. The BIA administers and manages approximately 52 million acres of land held in trust for Indians by the United States and works with local tribal governments on issues including road construction and maintenance, social services, police protection, and economic development. (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Ashanti mythology, Bia is the eldest son of Nyame and Asase Ya.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bia."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BIA | English | Bacteriophage immunoassay | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BIA |
| Non-English Usage: "BIA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Bavarian (ale, beer), Irish (food, of food), Papiamen (journey, travel, trip, voyage), Swahili (ale, beer), Vietnamese (gravestone, headstone, record). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Mae bia (2001) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Map of U.S. public lands: BLM, FS, BIA, NPS. Credit: Unknown. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The Guthrie BIA is inexpensive, relatively simple, and reliable. (references) | |
Fluorometric analysis and tandem mass spectrometry are quantitative, can be automated, and produce fewer false positives than BIA. Tandem mass spectrometry has the ability to simultaneously obtain tyrosine levels that can be used to assist in the interpretation of Phe levels and the identification of numerous other metabolic disorders on a single sample. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bahamas | While The Bahamas has not yet enacted environmental legislation as extensive as that in the United States, the BIA still requires a full accounting of the environmental impact of any industrial or agricultural schemes. (references) |
Thailand | Thailand has twenty-eight commercial airports, five of which are international airports located in major cities--Bangkok, Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Hadyai and Phuket-and the other provincial facilities serving a much smaller number of passengers . The largest airport is Bangkok International Airport (BIA) with current capacity of 34 million annual passengers (MAP), which is forecast to grow to 50 MAP by 2006 . To accommodate this increase, the Thai government is underway with construction of a replacement airport (known as Suvarnabhumi or, more colloquially, NBIA) in southeast Bangkok, which has an estimated budget $2.6 billion and is scheduled to be fully operational by 2005 . (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BIA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "BIA" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BIA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bia | Last name | 130 | 58,466 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BIA": yarraman-bia. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | Habakkuk Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Esth kai esaleuqh h gh epebleyen kai dietakh eqnh dieqrubh ta orh bia etakhsan bounoi aiwnioi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Stetit et mensus est terram aspexit et dissolvit gentes et contriti sunt montes saeculi incurvati sunt colles mundi ab itineribus aeternitatis eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He stode, and matte the erthe; he bihelde, and vnboonde folkis, and hillis of the world ben broken to gydre; the litil hillis of the world ben bowid doun, of the wayes of his euerlastingnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Habakkuk Chapter 3, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Mitindog siya ug gisukod ang yuta; Mitan-aw siya, ug gibulagbulag ang mga nasud; Ug gipanagkatag ang walay-katapusan nga kabukiran; Nangaunlod ang mga bungtod nga walay katapusan; Ang iyang mga paglakaw maingon man sa kanhing panahon. |
| Croatian | On stane, i zemlja se trese, on pogleda, i dršæu narodi. Tad se raspadoše vjeène planine, bregovi stari propadoše, njegove su staze od vjeènosti. |
| Danish | Hans Fjed får Jorden til at skælve, hans Blik får Folk til at bæve. De ældgamle Bjerge brister, de evige Høje synker, ad evige Stier går han. |
| Dutch | Hij stond, en mat het land, Hij zag toe, en maakte de heidenen los, en de gedurige bergen zijn verstrooid geworden; de heuvelen der eeuwigheid hebben zich gebogen; de gangen der eeuw zijn Zijne. |
| Finnish | Hän seisahtuu ja mittaa maan, hän katsahtaa ja saa kansat vapisemaan. Ikivuoret särkyvät, ikuiset kukkulat vaipuvat, hänen polkunsa ovat iankaikkiset. |
| French | Il s`arrête, et de l`oeil il mesure la terre; Il regarde, et il fait trembler les nations; Les montagnes éternelles se brisent, Les collines antiques s`abaissent; Les sentiers d`autrefois s`ouvrent devant lui. |
| German | Er stand und maß die Erde, er schaute und machte beben die Heiden, daß zerschmettert wurden die Berge, die von alters her sind, und sich bücken mußten die ewigen Hügel, da er wie vor alters einherzog. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jika Engkau berhenti, bumi bergetar; jika Engkau memandang, bangsa-bangsa gempar. Gunung-gunung yang abadi terbelah-belah; bukit-bukit yang kekal pun merendah, di bukit-bukit itulah Engkau berjalan sejak zaman purba. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di tempat Ia berdiri gempalah bumi, ke mana Ia memandang dicerai-beraikannya segala bangsa, dan segala gunung yang kekalpun berbelah-belah dan segala bukit dari purbakalapun tenggelamlah; segala peredaran zamanpun Dia punya. |
| Italian | Si arresta e scuote la terra, guarda e fa tremare le genti; le montagne eterne s'infrangono, e i colli antichi si abbassano: i suoi sentieri nei secoli. |
| Maori | Tu ana ia, a whanganga ana e ia te whenua; i titiro ia, a titaria ana e ia nga iwi; rerere ana nga maunga onamata, piko ana nga pukepuke o mua: ko ona ara koia ano kei onamata. |
| Norwegian | Han stiger frem og ryster jorden; han ser op og får folkene til å skjelve; de evige fjell sprenges i stykker, de eldgamle hauger synker sammen; hans gang er som i eldgammel tid. |
| Portuguese | Pára, e mede a terra; olha, e sacode as nações; e os montes perpétuos se espalham, os outeiros eternos se abatem; assim é o seu andar desde a eternidade. |
| Rumanian | Se oprewte, wi mqsoarq pqmkntul cu ochiul; privewte, wi face pe neamuri sq tremure; munyii cei vecinici se sfqrkmq, dealurile cele vechi se pleacq; El umblq pe cqrqri vecinice. |
| Russian | пО УФБМ Й ПЛПМЕ'БМ ЪЕНМА; ЧПЪЪТЕМ, Й Ч ФТЕ ЕФ ТЙЧЕМ ОБТП"Щ; ЧЕЛПЧЩЕ ЗПТЩ ТБУ БМЙУШ, ЕТЧП'ЩФОЩЕ ИПМНЩ П БМЙ; ХФЙ еЗП ЧЕЮОЩЕ. |
| Spanish | Se detiene y hace temblar la tierra; mira y estremece a las naciones. Se desmoronan los montes sempiternos; las antiguas colinas se postran ante él. ¡Sus caminos son eternos! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BIA": biacetyl, biacetyls, biali, bialies, bialis, bialy, bialys, biannual, biannually, bias, biased, biasedly, biases, biasing, biasness, biasnesses, biassed, biasses, biassing, biathlete, biathletes, biathlon, biathlons, biaxal, biaxial, biaxially. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BIA": acrophobia, aerobia, agoraphobia, ailurophobia, amphibia, cambia, claustrophobia, cobia, computerphobia, euphorbia, exurbia, galabia, gambia, homophobia, hydrophobia, labia, negrophobia, nubia, obia, phobia, photophobia, procambia, rhizobia, suburbia, technophobia, terbia, tibia, triskaidekaphobia, urbia, xenophobia, ytterbia. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BIA": acrophobias, adverbial, adverbially, adverbials, agoraphobias, ailurophobias, ambiance, ambiances, amebiases, amebiasis, amoebiases, amoebiasis, amphibian, amphibians, antibias, antimicrobial, antimicrobials, bilabial, bilabials, bilabiate, cambial, claustrophobias, cobias, computerphobias, connubial, connubialism, connubialisms, connubialities, connubiality, connubially, dahabiah, dahabiahs, enterobiases, enterobiasis, euphorbias, exurbias, galabias, gambias, homophobias, hydrophobias, labial, labialization, labializations, labialize, labialized, labializes, labializing, labially, labials, labiate, labiated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i" | |
-1 letter: ab, ai, ba, bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i" | |
+1 letter: abri, bail, bait, bani, bias, bima, iamb, isba, obia. | |
+2 letters: abaci, abide, aboil, abris, alibi, ambit, bails, bairn, baith, baits, baiza, baize, baric, basic, basil, basin, basis, bassi, batik, biali, bialy, bimah, bimas, binal, biota, blain, braid, brail, brain, bravi, briar, cabin, ceiba, cobia, habit, iambi, iambs, isbas, kibla, labia, libra, limba, mbira, nabis, nubia, obias, pibal, rabbi, rabic, rabid, sabin, sabir, sahib, tabid, tibia, urbia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 49 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364335 |
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