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CIA

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English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsiːˌaɪˈeɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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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.
    • 2025 February 4, Katie Bo Lillis and Kaitlan Collins, “CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce”, in CNN[2]:
      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

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: シー・アイ・エー
  • Korean: 시아이에이 (siaiei)

Translations

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Noun

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CIA (plural CIAs)

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

Adjective

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CIA (not comparable)

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

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English CIA.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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CIA f

  1. (espionage) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English CIA.

Pronunciation

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CIA f

  1. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

References

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  1. ^ Cia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English CIA.

Proper noun

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CIA(シーアイエー) (Shīaiē

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

Korean

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English CIA.

Proper noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English CIA.

Proper noun

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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[3]:
      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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)