What is "jia"

JIA or Jia may refer to

• Japan Institute of Architects
• Jacksonville International Airport, medium-to-large airport in the city of Jacksonville, Florida.
• Jetstream International Airlines, now known as PSA Airlines
• Johannesburg International Airport, large airport near the city of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, former name for the peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute of Actuaries
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, disease of joints in young people

• 家 (Jiā), meaning "home" or "family" in the Chinese language
• Jia (vessel), a type of ancient Chinese bronze vessel
• Jia County, Henan (郏县), of Pingdingshan, Henan, China
• Jia County, Shaanxi (佳县), of Yulin, Shaanxi, China
• Jia, Guan County (贾镇), town in Guan County, Shandong, China
• Jia, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
• Family (Ba Jin novel)
• Jia Zhangke, Chinese film director
• Jia Ali, Pakistani film actress
• Jia Hongsheng, Chinese actor
• Jiah Khan, Indian film actress
• Jia Yi, Chinese poet
• Jia Deyao, Chinese military commander and politician
• Meng Jia (孟佳), a Chinese member of South Korean girl group Miss A
• Jia (surname) ( s. 贾 / t. 賈), a Chinese surname

The Jia is a ritual vessel type found in both pottery and bronze forms; it was used to hold libations of wine for the veneration of ancestors. It was made either with four legs or in the form of a tripod and included two pillar-like protrusions on the rim that were possibly used to suspend the vessel over heat. The earliest evidence of the Jia vessel type appears during the Neolithic Period (c. 5000-2000 BCE). It was a prominent form during the Shang and early Western Zhou dynasties, but had disappeared by the mid-Western Zhou.

Jiǎ is the pinyin romanization of a common Chinese surname (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Jiǎ).