TIA (disambiguation)
Appearance
TIA or Tia may refer to:
Aviation
- Tribhuwan International Airport (IATA code: KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal
- Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (IATA code: TIA), Tirana, Albania
- Taba International Airport (IATA code: TCP), Taba, Egypt
- Tabriz International Airport (IATA code: TBZ), Tabriz, Iran
- Tampa International Airport (IATA code: TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States
- Tinian International Airport (IATA code: TIQ), Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands
- Tijuana International Airport (IATA code: TIJ), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- Tucson International Airport (IATA code: TUS), Tucson, Airizona, United States
- Tulsa International Airport (IATA code: TUL), Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Trivandrum International Airport (IATA code: TRV), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Tawau International Airport, former name of Tawau Airport (IATA code: TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
- Texas International Airlines, former U.S. airline company
- Trans International Airlines, former U.S. airline company
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 United States Information Awareness Office
- Transparency in Armaments, an arms control initiative of the United Nations
- Trust Indenture Act of 1939, a U.S. federal law regulating certain debt securities
Geography
- Tia, Burkina Faso, a village in the Siglé Department of Boulkiemdé Province
- Tia, New South Wales, a settlement and parish in Australia
- Tia, a village of Motusa in Fiji
- Tia-ye Olya, a village in Iran
- Tia-ye Sofla, a village in Iran
- In Africa, there's a saying "TIA" meaning "This Is Africa" - term of endearment/explanation typically used when tourists from western countries visit Africa, or expats work in Africa, to shrug off power shut downs, old technology, slow pace of business, questionable business ethics and dealings etc.
Literature and arts
- Tia and Megumi Oumi, characters in the anime and manga series Zatch Bell!
- The Intellectual Activist, U.S. monthly Objectivist magazine
- Tia, a character in the French animated television series Galactik Football
- "T.I.A.", a song by Somali-Canadian hip-hop artist K'naan from the album Troubadour
- Tournament Indoor Association, a division of Tournament of Bands which sanctions competitions for indoor guard, marching percussion, concert percussion, twirlers and dance team units
- Tia, one of the characters from the Diva Starz toy line
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")
- Turbidimetric Immuno Assay (see also Turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay)
People
- TiA (born 1987), female Japanese singer
- Tia, female Japanese singer
- Tia, an early Maori explorer
- Princess Tia an ancient Egyptian princess during the 19th dynasty
- Tia Bajpai (born 1989), Indian actress and singer
- Tia Ballard (born 1986), American actress, artist, comedian, writer, and voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment
- Tia Barrett (1947–2009), New Zealand diplomat
- Tia Carrere (born 1967), American actress, model and singer
- Tia DeNora, professor of Sociology of Music and director of Research at the University of Exeter
- Tia Fuller (born 1976), American saxophonist, composer, and educator
- Tia Hellebaut (born 1978), Belgian Olympic champion and athlete
- Tia Kar, Indian actress and singer
- Tia Keyes, Irish specialist in photochemistry and molecular spectroscopy
- Tia Lessin, American documentary filmmaker
- Tia Mowry (born 1978), American actress and singer
- Tia Neiva (1926–1985), Brazilian medium
- Tia Paschal (born 1969), American retired women's basketball player
- Tia Powell, American psychiatrist and bioethicist
- Tia Sharp, a 12-year-old English schoolgirl; see Death of Tia Sharp
- Tia Shorts, American beauty queen
- Tia Texada (born 1971), American actress and singer
- Tia Walker (born 1970), American blogger and publisher
- John Tia (born 1954), Ghanaian politician
- Olivier Tia (born 1982), Ivorian footballer
Technology
- Transimpedance amplifier, a type of current-to-voltage converter
- Totally integrated automation, strategy in the automation technology field
- Television Interface Adaptor, custom chip that is the heart of the Atari 2600 game console
- The Internet Adapter, 1993 software created by Cyberspace Development
- Traitement Integral Armand, a water treatment process for steam locomotives, invented by Louis Armand
Other uses
- Tia (goddess), a goddess in North American mythology
- Internet slang/Initialism: "Thanks In Advance"