| Zia |
| Gender: |
Male/Female |
| Origin: |
Arabic |
| Meaning: |
"light" |
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Zia (also spelled Dia, Diya, or Ziya, Arabic: ضياء) is a name of Arabic origin. It may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] Given name
- Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929–1990), popularly known as Z. M. Dagar, Indian musician
- Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi Shiite leader
- Zia Inayat-Khan, (aka Pir Zia), spiritual leader of the Sufi Order International
- Zia Mahmood, (born 1946), Pakistani contract bridge player
- Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, Hanbali Islamic scholar
- Zia McCabe, (born 1975), American musician and founding member of The Dandy Warhols
- Zia Mian, Pakistani physicist and nuclear expert
- Zia Mody, Indian legal consultant and businesswoman
- Zia Mohyeddin (born 1933), Pakistani actor
- Zia Ul Shah, citizen of Pakistan held by the United States in Guantanamo
- Ziya Tong, Canadian television host
- Zia Rahman, medical scientist and pharmacologist
- Zia-ur-Rahman or Ziaur Rahman, former President of Bangladesh
- Anastasia de Torby (1892–1977), also known as Lady Zia Wernher, Russian aristocrat
[edit] Surname
[edit] Other uses
- Applebay Zia, motor glider
- The Zia people, a tribe in New Mexico, United States
- The Zia people (Papua New Guinea), a tribe in Papua New Guinea
- Zia (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus
- Zia International Airport, Bangladesh, now Shahjalal International Airport
- Zamboanga International Airport, Philippines
- Zia (novel), the sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- Zia, a character in the animated television series The Mysterious Cities of Gold
- A character in The Red Pyramid (novel)
- Zia, a small village on the Greek island of Kos
- Zia, the Italian word for aunt
[edit] See also
