TIA

TIA may refer to:

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

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")

Business, technology and government:

• Tía SA, a South American supermarket chain
• Technology Investment Agreement, http://arpa-e.energy.gov/keydocs.html
• Telecommunications Industry Association, U.S. global trade association
• Television Interface Adapter, custom chip that is the heart of the Atari 2600 game console
• The Internet Adapter, 1993 software created by Cyberspace Development
• Totally Integrated Automation, strategy in the automation technology field
• Toy Industry Association, U.S. trade association
• TIA (Traitement Integral Armand), water treatment process for steam locomotives, invented by Louis Armand
• Thornaby Independent Association, political party representing the people of Thornaby-on-Tees
• Total Information Awareness (TIA) Program or Terrorism Information Awareness Program, project of the former U.S. government, Information Awareness Office
• Transimpedance amplifier, active version of a current-to-voltage converter

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

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.
• 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:

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