Where does “CIA” come from?

CIA (French) comes from English CIA — Initialism of captured-in-action.

CIA (French): CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

Definitions

  1. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

Ancestry of “CIA”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCIAInitialism of captured-in-action

Words derived from “CIA

Every word from English CIA
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