CIA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cia"

English

Alternative forms

• C.I.A.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˌaɪˈeɪ/

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:10.1001/jama.2010.1057, 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.

   1. (Republic of Korea (South Korea)) Synonym of KCIA (“Korean Central Intelligence Agency”)
2. Initialism of Cleveland Institute of Art.
3. Initialism of Culinary Institute of America.
4. Initialism of Circuit Interactive Analyzer.
5. Initialism of Concept Illustration and Animation.

Translations

Central Intelligence Agency

• Arabic: سِي أَي إِي‎ m (sī ʾay ʾey)
• Armenian: ԿՀՎ (hy) (KHV), Կենտրոնական հետախուզական վարչություն (Kentronakan hetaxuzakan varčʿutʿyun)
• Chinese:

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

• 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)

• Korean: 중앙 정보국 (Jung'ang jeongboguk)
• 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

• Thai: ซีไอเอ

Descendants

• → Japanese: シー・アイ・エー

See also

• U.S. CIA website
• Central Intelligence Agency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cleveland Institute of Art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Culinary Institute of America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

CIA

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

Anagrams

• -ica, ACI, CAI, Cai, Cai., Cài, ICA

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.i.a/

Proper noun

CIA f

1. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).

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Japanese

Etymology

From English CIA.

Proper noun

C(シー)I(アイ)A(エー) • (Shīaiē) 

1. Synonym of 中央情報局 (Chūō Jōhōkyoku, “Central Intelligence Agency”)

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Korean

Etymology

From English CIA

Proper noun

CIA

1. KCIA; Abbreviation of 중앙정보부 (jung'angjeongbobu, “Korean Central Intelligence Agency”).
2. CIA; Abbreviation of 중앙정보국 (jung'angjeongboguk, “United States Central Intelligence Agency”).