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Where does “Xia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Xia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Xia”

  • Hsia
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