Xia

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Xia may refer to:

• Xia (philosophy), a Chinese philosophy similar (but not identical) to the chivalrous code of European knights.
• Xia (surname), a Chinese family name
• Xia Dynasty, Chinese dynasty, ca. 2070 BC–1600 BC
• Huaxia, the majority ethnic group later known as the Han Chinese after the Han Dynasty.
• Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407-431), state of the Xiongnu Tiefu during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
• The Xia regime (618-623) by Dou Jiande during the turbulent transition from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.
• Western Xia, 1038 – 1227, state in ancient China of the Tanguts.

• Xiafs, a file system developed for the Linux operating system together with the Ext2 file system.
• Xia class submarine, a Chinese ballistic missile submarine.
• XIA, the ICAO Code for Irving Oil, Canada
• Xia, a place in the fictional Bionicle universe

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