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CIA
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Appendix:Variations of "cia"
English
Alternative forms
en C.I.A.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsiːˌaɪˈeɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-CIA.wav US
Proper noun
en w:Central Intelligence Agency.
en 2010-08-04 The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD; Stephen N. Xenakis, MD w:American Medical Association JAMA 304 5 569–570 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/186317 10.1001/jama.2010.1057 In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. (OMS).1-3(appendix F) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928104029/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/186317 28 September 2026
en Jeremy Courtney Three arguments against covert Christian ‘spycraft’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/opinions/declassified-covert-missionaries 2016-08-17 During the hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2011, CIA operatives in Pakistan posed as aid workers and even faked an immunization campaign. To many of my Muslim friends, this CIA spycraft is no different from what covert Christian missionaries do. https://web.archive.org/web/20170328182821/https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/opinions/declassified-covert-missionaries
en Katie Bo Lillis;Kaitlan Collins CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/cia-workforce-buyouts/index.html 2025-02-04 The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, a CIA spokesperson and two other sources familiar with the offer said, part of President Donald Trump’s broad effort to shrink the federal government and shape it to his agenda. https://web.archive.org/web/20250325145947/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/cia-workforce-buyouts/index.html
en w:Cleveland Institute of Art.
en w:Culinary Institute of America.
en Philippines en w:Clark International Airport.
Derived terms
en al-CIAda FaCIAbook
Descendants
ja シー・アイ・エー Shī Ai Ē 1
ko 시아이에이 1
Translations
Central Intelligence Agency
Arabic: ar سِي أَي إِي m sī ʔay ʔey
Armenian: hy ԿՀՎ, hy Կենտրոնական հետախուզական վարչություն
Bulgarian: bg ЦРУ, bg Централно разузнавателно управление
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 中情局 Zhōngqíngjú, cmn 中央情報局 Zhōngyāng Qíngbàojú
Dutch: nl CIA f
Finnish: fi CIA
Greek: el Κεντρική Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών
Hindi: hi सी आइ ए
Japanese: ja シー・アイ・エー Shī Ai Ē, ja 中央情報局 ちゅうおうじょうほうきょく, Chūō Jōhōkyoku
Khmer: km សេអ៊ីអា
Korean: ko 시아이에이, ko ^중앙정보국(中央情報局)
Lithuanian: lt CŽA f, lt CŽV f
Macedonian: mk ЦИА f
Marathi: mr सी.आय्.ए.
Persian: fa سیا siyâ
Polish: pl CIA n
Portuguese: pt CIA f
Russian: ru ЦРУ n, ru Центра́льное разве́дывательное управле́ние n
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh središnja obavještajna agencija f
Spanish: es CIA f
Thai: th ซีไอเอ
Ukrainian: uk ЦРУ n, uk Центра́льне розві́дувальне управлі́ння n
Noun
en circuit interactive analyzer.
en concept illustration and animation.
en w:Cultural impact assessment Cultural Impact Assessment.
Adjective
-
en military en captured-in-action.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aci Cai Cài Cai. ICA CAI IaC AIC IAC ACI -ica
en Espionage Organizations
French
Etymology
fr :bor en:CIA
fr en CIA.
Pronunciation
cé-i-a
Proper noun
f
fr espionage en CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
fr Organizations
German
Etymology
de en CIA. Feminine gender after de Agentur. Neuter gender either after de Amt or (more probably) by analogy with de FBI n, itself after de Büro.
Pronunciation
de /ˌsiː.aɪ̯ˈɛɪ̯/
de De-CIA.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f:n,-.article
en CIA US foreign-intelligence agency
de descriptive US-Auslandsgeheimdienst uncommon Zentrale Nachrichtendienstagentur
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :bor en:CIA
it en CIA.
Pronunciation
^Ì<r:DiPI:Cia>
Proper noun
f
en CIA Central Intelligence Agency
References
it Espionage Organizations
Japanese
Etymology
ja en CIA しいあいええ.
Proper noun
proper ^シーアイエー
ja 中央情報局 Chūō Jōhōkyoku Central Intelligence Agency
ja Espionage Organizations United States しいあいええ
Korean
Etymology
ko en CIA.
Proper noun
ko proper noun
en KCIA; ko ^중앙정보부 Korean Central Intelligence Agency
en CIA; ko ^중앙정보국 United States Central Intelligence Agency
ko terms written in foreign scripts
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:CIA + 1
Pronunciation
cía CIA
Proper noun
f
es Agencia Central de Inteligencia; en CIA Central Intelligence Agency.
es Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand La CIA dice tener pruebas de que el programa nuclear de Irán fue “gravemente dañado” por ataques de EE.UU. w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/25/eeuu/cia-pruebas-danios-programa-nuclear-iran-ataques-trax 2025-06-25 No es inusual que las agencias de inteligencia discrepen en la interpretación de los informes iniciales. Aunque no está claro qué análisis adicional se está realizando más allá de los esfuerzos de la CIA y la DIA, otras agencias, incluido el brazo del Pentágono responsable del análisis de imágenes satelitales, casi con certeza también están examinando de cerca el impacto de los ataques en el programa nuclear iraní. https://web.archive.org/web/20250626124634/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/25/eeuu/cia-pruebas-danios-programa-nuclear-iran-ataques-trax 26 June 2025
es Espionage Organizations