CIA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cia"

English

Alternative forms

• C.I.A.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˌaɪˈeɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

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.

   • 2016 August 17, Jeremy Courtney, “Three arguments against covert Christian ‘spycraft’”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 March 2017:

     During the hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2011, CIA operatives in Pakistan posed as aid workers and even faked an immunization campaign. To many of my Muslim friends, this CIA spycraft is no different from what covert Christian missionaries do.

   • 2025 February 4, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, “CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 March 2025:

     The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, a CIA spokesperson and two other sources familiar with the offer said, part of President Donald Trump’s broad effort to shrink the federal government and shape it to his agenda.

2. Initialism of Cleveland Institute of Art.
3. Initialism of Culinary Institute of America.
4. (Philippines) Initialism of Clark International Airport.

Derived terms

• al-CIAda
• FaCIAbook

Descendants

• → Japanese: シー・アイ・エー (Shī Ai Ē)
• → Korean: 시아이에이 (siaiei)

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
• Finnish: CIA (fi)
• 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: 시아이에이 (siaiei), 중앙정보국(中央情報局) (Jung'angjeongboguk)
• Lithuanian: CŽA f, CŽV f
• Macedonian: ЦИА f (CIA)
• Marathi: सी.आय्.ए. (sī.āy.e.)
• Persian: سیا (fa) (siyâ)
• Polish: CIA (pl) n
• Portuguese: CIA (pt) f
• Russian: ЦРУ (ru) n (CRU), Центра́льное разве́дывательное управле́ние (ru) n (Centrálʹnoje razvédyvatelʹnoje upravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: središnja obavještajna agencija f

• Spanish: CIA (es) 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 (not comparable)

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

Further reading

• CIA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cai, Cài, Cai., ICA, CAI, IaC, AIC, IAC, ACI, -ica

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.i.a/

Proper noun

CIA f

1. (espionage) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA. Feminine gender after Agentur. Neuter gender either after Amt or (more probably) by analogy with FBI n, itself after Büro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiː.aɪ̯ˈɛɪ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

die/das CIA f or n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive der/des CIA)

1. CIA (US foreign-intelligence agency)

   Synonyms: (descriptive) US-Auslandsgeheimdienst, (uncommon) Zentrale Nachrichtendienstagentur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: CÌ‧A

Proper noun

CIA f

1. CIA (“Central Intelligence Agency”)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA.

Proper noun

CIA(シーアイエー) • (Shīaiē) 

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

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA.

Proper noun

CIA • (CIA)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CIA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθia/ [ˈθi.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/ [ˈsi.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: CIA

Proper noun

CIA f

1. Agencia Central de Inteligencia; CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
   • 2025 June 25, Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, “La CIA dice tener pruebas de que el programa nuclear de Irán fue “gravemente dañado” por ataques de EE.UU.”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     No es inusual que las agencias de inteligencia discrepen en la interpretación de los informes iniciales. Aunque no está claro qué análisis adicional se está realizando más allá de los esfuerzos de la CIA y la DIA, otras agencias, incluido el brazo del Pentágono responsable del análisis de imágenes satelitales, casi con certeza también están examinando de cerca el impacto de los ataques en el programa nuclear iraní.

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