Where does “Xia” come from?

Xia (English) comes from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan — The seed of the chia plant, "Salvia hispanica",...

Xia (English): An ancient dynasty in China

Definitions

  1. An ancient dynasty in China

Ancestry of “Xia”, step by step

Xia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish chía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchíachia
2Classical NahuatlchiyanThe seed of the chia plant, "Salvia hispanica",...

via Chinese Mandarin 夏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin夏—

Words derived from “Xia”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl chiyan →Every word from Spanish chía →