Chia

Chia may refer to:

Botany

• Salvia hispanica, flowering plant, sprouts and culinary chia seed
• Salvia columbariae ("golden chia")
• Salvia polystachya

Places

• Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia
• Chía, Aragon, Spain
• Chia, Italy

Personal names

• Italian and Spanish surname
  • Sandro Chia, an Italian painter and sculptor
• Chinese surname, also romanized as Xie or Tse
  • Alyssa Chia, a Taiwanese actress
  • Amber Chia, a Malaysian model
  • Danny Chia, a Malaysian golfer
  • Eric Chia, a Malaysian businessman
  • Gec Chia, a Filipino basketball player
  • Mantak Chia, a Thai author and teacher on Taoism and qigong
  • Nelson Chia, Singaporean actor, director and lecturer
  • Nicholas Chia, current Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
  • Pei-yuan Chia, an American businessmann
  • Steve Chia, a Singaporean politician
  • Chia Thye Poh, a Singaporean political prisoner
  • Wenlan Chia, an American fashion designer
• As a first name Chia is the Spanish variant of the name Lucia

See also

• Chia Pet
• Chia Black Dragon, a fictional dark fantasy character
• Chía (goddess), wife of Bochica in Colombian mythology
• "Chia", a song by Four Tet from the album Rounds
• Masala chai, called chia in Nepal
• CHIA, Children's Hope In Action