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MIA (em′ī′ā′)

noun pl. MIA's

a person in the armed forces who is lost during combat and who cannot be accounted for as a known casualty

Etymology: see MIA

MIA2 definition

MIA

Mil. missing in action

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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