chia (countable and uncountable, plural chias)
A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
• AHCI, Achi, chai
Chia (plural Chias)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chia is the 16450th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1748 individuals. Chia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (68.54%) and Hispanic/Latino (21.62%) individuals.
• AHCI, Achi, chai
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29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
