TIA

TIA may refer to:

In Aviation:

• Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, (IATA code: TIA), Tirana, Albania
• Tampa International Airport, (IATA code: TPA), commonly abbreviated as "TIA"
• Tucson International Airport, (IATA code: TUS), commonly abbreviated as "TIA"
• Tulsa International Airport (IATA code: TUL), commonly abbreviated as "TIA"
• Texas International Airlines, former U.S. airline company
• Trans International Airlines, former U.S. airline company
• Trivandrum International Airport, (IATA code: TRV), One of the first five International Airports in India
• Tawau International Airport, former name of Tawau Airport (IATA code: TWU)
• Tijuana International Airport, former name of General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, (IATA code: TIJ)

People:

• Princess Tia an Ancient Egyptian princess during the 19th dynasty
• Tia Carrere (born 1967), American actress, model and singer
• Tia Hellebaut (born 1978), Belgian Olympic champion and athlete
• Tia Mowry (born 1978), a television actress
• TiA (born 1987), female Japanese singer
• Tia, an early Maori explorer

In Medicine:

• Transient ischemic attack, change to the amount of blood received in a particular part of the brain (sometimes referred to as a "mini stroke")

In Business and government:

• Tía SA, a South American supermarket chain
• Telecommunications Industry Association, U.S. global trade association
• Toy Industry Association, U.S. trade association
• Thornaby Independent Association, political party representing the people of Thornaby-on-Tees
• Total Information Awareness Program or Terrorism Information Awareness Program, a project of the former U.S. government, Information Awareness Office

In Technology:

• Transimpedance amplifier, a type of current-to-voltage converter
• Totally Integrated Automation, strategy in the automation technology field
• Television Interface Adapter, custom chip that is the heart of the Atari 2600 game console
• The Internet Adapter, 1993 software created by Cyberspace Development
• TIA (Traitement Integral Armand), water treatment process for steam locomotives, invented by Louis Armand

Geography:

• Tia, Burkina Faso, village in the Siglé Department of Boulkiemdé Province
• Tia, New South Wales, settlement and parish in Australia
• Tia, a village of Motusa in Fiji

In Literature and the arts:

• Tia and Megumi Oumi, characters in Zatch Bell!
• The Intellectual Activist, U.S. monthly Objectivist magazine
• Tia, character in Galactik Football
• "This is Africa", - meaning go with the flow/don't expect anything to run on schedule/enjoy life. Slang phrase. Appears in Blood Diamond (film) as well. There is also the film So This Is Africa, as well as the hit song "T.I.A." by Somali-born Canadian hip-hop artist and activist K'naan.
• "This is Afghanistan", - similar meaning as above, but used by Westerners working in Afghanistan. Believed to have originated from the "This is Africa" use of TIA and applied in Afghanistan by relief agencies and ISAF troops who have prior experience in working in Africa.
• Tournament Indoor Association, a division of Tournament of Bands which sanctions competitions for indoor guard, marching percussion, concert percussion, twirlers, and dance team units.

Other uses:

• Tia, a goddess in North American mythology
• TIA, an acronym for "Thanks In Advance". Common usage in internet slang