Xia

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 Hunnic 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