# BIA

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**BIA** or **Bia** may refer to:

## Acronym or abbreviation

### Organizations and companies

- [Board of Immigration Appeals](/source/Board_of_Immigration_Appeals), an American immigration appellate court
- [Bohemia Interactive Australia](/source/Bohemia_Interactive_Australia), a computer simulation software company
- [Border and Immigration Agency](/source/Border_and_Immigration_Agency), a defunct British government agency
- [Braille Institute of America](/source/Braille_Institute_of_America), a non-profit organization headquartered in Los Angeles
- [Brazilian Intelligence Agency](/source/Brazilian_Intelligence_Agency)
- [Bridgeport International Academy](/source/Bridgeport_International_Academy), a U.S. high school
- [British Institute in Amman](/source/British_Institute_in_Amman), a British research institute in Amman, Jordan
- [British Island Airways](/source/British_Island_Airways), a defunct British airline
- [Brunei Investment Agency](/source/Brunei_Investment_Agency), a corporation under the Government of Brunei
- [Bureau of Indian Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs), an American government agency
- [Burma Independence Army](/source/Burma_Independence_Army), a name for the predecessor of the Burma National Army in World War II
- [Bus Industries of America](/source/Bus_Industries_of_America)
- [Security and Intelligence Agency (Serbia)](/source/Security_and_Intelligence_Agency_(Serbia)) (sr-latn: *Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija*), Serbian security and intelligence agency
- [Beijing Institute of Aerodynamics](/source/Beijing_Institute_of_Aerodynamics), a former research organization in Beijing, China

### Airports

- [Baghdad International Airport](/source/Baghdad_International_Airport)
- [Bahrain International Airport](/source/Bahrain_International_Airport)
- [Bandaranaike International Airport](/source/Bandaranaike_International_Airport)
- [Bangkok International Airport (disambiguation)](/source/Bangkok_International_Airport_(disambiguation))
- [Bangor International Airport](/source/Bangor_International_Airport), Bangor, Maine
- [Bastia – Poretta Airport](/source/Bastia_%E2%80%93_Poretta_Airport) (IATA: BIA), on the island of Corsica
- [Beirut International Airport](/source/Beirut_International_Airport)
- [Belfast International Airport](/source/Belfast_International_Airport)
- [Bengaluru International Airport](/source/Bengaluru_International_Airport), Bangalore, India
- [Birmingham Airport](/source/Birmingham_Airport), Birmingham, England
- [Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport](/source/Birmingham%E2%80%93Shuttlesworth_International_Airport), Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- [Blackpool International Airport](/source/Blackpool_International_Airport), Lancashire, England
- [Bristol Airport](/source/Bristol_Airport)
- [Brussels International Airport](/source/Brussels_International_Airport)

### Other acronyms

- [Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act](/source/Bankruptcy_and_Insolvency_Act), the statute that regulates the law on bankruptcy and insolvency in Canada
- [Basic indicator approach](/source/Basic_indicator_approach), a set of operational risk measurement techniques for banking institutions
- Behavioural investigative advisor, a British term for [police psychologist](/source/Police_psychology#Organizations)
- [Bilateral Immunity Agreement](/source/Bilateral_Immunity_Agreement), a type of treaty involving the United States
- [Bioelectrical impedance analysis](/source/Bioelectrical_impedance_analysis), a way to measure body fat using electrical impulses
- [Burned-in address](/source/Burned-in_address), a globally unique network address assigned to a device at time of manufacture
- [Business impact analysis](/source/Business_impact_analysis), a component of business continuity planning
- [Business improvement area](/source/Business_improvement_area), a defined area within which businesses pay an additional tax or fee in order to fund improvements within the area
- [Business–IT alignment](/source/Business%E2%80%93IT_alignment), a dynamic state in which a business organization is able to use information technology (IT) effectively to achieve business objectives

## Places

- [Bīā](/source/B%C4%AB%C4%81), a village in Iran
- [Bia, Togo](/source/Bia,_Togo), a village
- [Bia District](/source/Bia_District), a former district of western Ghana - [Bia National Park](/source/Bia_National_Park), a national park in Ghana - [Bia (Ghana parliament constituency)](/source/Bia_(Ghana_parliament_constituency))
- [Bia River](/source/Bia_River) in western Africa
- [Phou Bia](/source/Phou_Bia), the highest mountain in Laos

## People

- [Bïa](/source/B%C3%AFa), a Brazilian-born singer
- [Bia (Brazilian footballer)](/source/Bia_(Brazilian_footballer))
- [Bia (rapper)](/source/Bia_(rapper))
- [Maria Francisca Bia](/source/Maria_Francisca_Bia), 19th-century Dutch ballet dancer, opera singer and actress
- [Bia de' Medici](/source/Bia_de'_Medici) (1536–1542), daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
- [Beatriz Haddad Maia](/source/Beatriz_Haddad_Maia) (commonly known as Bia; born 1996), Brazilian tennis player
- [Beatriz Vaz e Silva](/source/Beatriz_Vaz_e_Silva) (commonly known as Bia; born 1985), Brazilian soccer player

## Other uses

- [*Bia* (butterfly)](/source/Bia_(butterfly)), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
- [Bia (mythology)](/source/Bia_(mythology)), a Greek mythological figure
- [*Bia* (plant)](/source/Bia_(plant)), a genus of plants
- *Bia*, a synonym for a genus of beetles, *[Bius](/source/Bius)*
- [*Bia* (TV series)](/source/Bia_(TV_series)), an Argentine telenovela
- *Bia*, a Filipino name for the [Long-finned goby](/source/Long-finned_goby)
- *Bia*, the common name for the *[Metroxylon salomonense](/source/Metroxylon_salomonense)* palm

## See also

- [Biar (disambiguation)](/source/Biar_(disambiguation))

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