CIA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cia"

English

Alternative forms

• C.I.A.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˌaɪˈeɪ/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

CIA

1. Initialism of Central Intelligence Agency.
   • 2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD, Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA‎^[1], volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:

     In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^{(OMS).1-3(appendix F)} The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.

2. Initialism of Cleveland Institute of Art.
3. Initialism of Culinary Institute of America.

Descendants

• → Japanese: シー・アイ・エー

Translations

Central Intelligence Agency

• Arabic: سِي أَي إِي m (sī ʔay ʔey)
• Armenian: ԿՀՎ (hy) (KHV), Կենտրոնական հետախուզական վարչություն (Kentronakan hetaxuzakan varčʻutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: ЦРУ (CRU), Централно разузнавателно управление (Centralno razuznavatelno upravlenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中情局 (zh) (Zhōngqíngjú), 中央情報局／中央情报局 (zh) (Zhōngyāng Qíngbàojú)

• Dutch: CIA (nl) f
• Greek: Κεντρική Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών (Kentrikí Ypiresía Pliroforión)
• Hindi: सी आइ ए (sī āi e)
• Japanese: シー・アイ・エー (Shī Ai Ē), 中央情報局 (ちゅうおうじょうほうきょく, Chūō Jōhōkyoku)
• Khmer: សេអ៊ីអា (see ʼii ʼaa)
• Korean: 중앙정보국(中央情報局) (Jung'angjeongboguk)
• Macedonian: ЦИА f (CIA)
• Marathi: सी.आय्.ए. (sī.āy.e.)
• Persian: سیا (fa) (siyâ)
• Portuguese: CIA (pt) f
• Russian: ЦРУ (ru) n (CRU), Центра́льное разве́дывательное управле́ние (ru) n (Centrálʹnoje razvédyvatelʹnoje upravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: središnja obavještajna agencija f

• Thai: ซีไอเอ
• Ukrainian: ЦРУ n (CRU), Центра́льне розві́дувальне управлі́ння n (Centrálʹne rozvíduvalʹne upravlínnja)

Noun

CIA (plural CIAs)

1. Initialism of Circuit Interactive Analyzer.
2. Initialism of Concept Illustration and Animation.
3. Initialism of Cultural Impact Assessment.

Adjective

CIA

1. (military) Initialism of captured-in-action.

Further reading

• CIA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ica, ACI, CAI, Cai, Cai., Cài, ICA

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.i.a/

Proper noun

CIA f

1. (espionage) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)