jia
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 3
Definition of jia
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A surname.
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name
- A surname.
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A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
“Yan was born in 1908 in Jia County, Shaanxi Province.”
“After passing through Mizhi and Yulin, the group eventually reached Jia County by the Yellow River.”
noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
“Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ).
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