AFIA

The word AFIA has multiple meanings, as an acronym, abbreviation, female name, etc.

Name

The name is used in Arab and black African countries.

"People"

* Afia Hassan, Sudanese singer [http://www.matraksiyon.com/izle,afia_hassan_ya_haneen,xcRXswBswWQ.html]
* Afia Mala, Togolese singer [http://www.afromix.org/html/musique/artistes/afia_mala/index.fr.html]

* Indra Afia, singer [http://www.indra-afia.de/]
* Moshik Afia, Israeli singer
* Musa Afia Ngum, Gambian singer [http://web.telia.com/~u85309812/]

* Kool Afia, Senegalese group [http://www.afromix.org/html/musique/artistes/kool-afia/index.fr.html]
* School Afia, Senegalese group [http://www.afromix.org/html/musique/artistes/school-afia/index.fr.html]
* Afia Siddiqui, a doctor of Pakistani descent abducted by FBI and taken to Afghanistan.

Other languages

In the language of Samoa, "afia" refers to the medicinal plants "Ascarina spp." and "Ascarina lanceolata Hook.f." [http://www.dittmar.dusnet.de/english/ewisspfl.html]

In the regional language of Cornwall (Cornish) "afia" is a verb . [http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/goxml.asp?langid=2610&verb=afia]

In Portuguese, it is a form of the verb "afiar"

In the Arab world, "afia" signifies:
* vigour, vitality [http://www.milligazette.com/misl/muslim_islam_islamic_baby_names_girl_boy_name.htm]
* Divine protection [http://www.ahfir.free.fr/legssyer_____/autohtml1.php?op=modload&name=fille.html&file=index]
* "fire" [http://sciway3.net/clark/freemoors/p3language.html]

In Swahili "afia" means "health", "force", "vigour" [http://research.yale.edu/swahili/kamusi/browse/s/A/b0.htm]

In Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, the [Akan] name "afia" is given to girls born on Fridays. [http://www.swagga.com/a.htm]

In "Ibibio" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibibio] (Nigeria), "afia" means "white" or "clear" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/67/O0036700.html]

Finally, "afia" means "a sacred force" in [http://congaplace.com/instrument/batadrums/glossary.php]

Acronyms and abbreviations

# A Fantasy in Action [http://www.afia.jp/index_e.htm]
# Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts [http://afianopop.com/]
# Academic Freedom In Africa
# Accueil Familial International de l'Anjou
# Action For Independent Aotearoa
# Action de Formation Inter-Armées
# Adoptive Families In Action
# Aerial Firefighting Industry Association [http://www.afia.com]
# Agency for Foreign Investment Australia [http://www.afia.cl]
# Agentur Fur Internet-Anwendungen [http://www.afia.de]
# Agentur für Internet Auktionen [http://www.branchen-domain.de/eintrag/1727-afia-agentur-fUEr-internet-auktionen-vilshofen]
# Agro Food International Associates [http://www.grainnet.com/info/sites.html?type=Associations]
# Aide, Formation et Insertion des Arabisants [http://www.osiris.sn/article976.html]
# Air Forces Information Agency
# Air Force Inspection Agency
# Air Force Intelligence Agency
# Air Force International Affairs
# Ajou Financial Investment Association
# Al Furqan Islamic Association [http://www.afiainc.org/]
# Alexander Forbes Insurance Agency world service [http://www.afiaws.com/]
# Allaire Flight Instructors' Association
# Alliance of Filipino Immigrants and Advocates
# Almaguin Fishing Improvement Association
# Aluminium Foil Insulation Association Inc. [http://www.afia.com.au/]
# America First Investment Advisors
# American Feed Industry Association [http://www.afia.org]
# American Feed Ingredient Association
# American Film Institute Alumni [http://www.afi.com]
# American Floral Industry Association [http://www.afia.net]
# American Floral Institute Association
# American Flowers Importers Association
# American Foreign Insurance Association
# Amigos del Festival Intercéltico de Avilés [http://afiacelta.blogspot.com/]
# Amplified Flow Immuno-Assay
# Andrews Filipino-International Association [http://www.umich.edu/~fasa/links.html]
# Annuaire des Fournisseurs de l'Industrie Automobile [http://www.livres-chapitre.com/-L0P3SY/-ANNUAIRE-DES.../-ANNUAIRE-DES-FOURNISSEURS-DE-L'INDUSTRIE-AUTOMOBILE-1986-87.html]
# Anti-Fas Induced Apoptosis
# Apparel and Fashion Industry's Association (1942-1981) [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/222apcol.htm]
# Architecture et Fonctionnement Intégré de l'Arbre [http://www.clermont.inra.fr/piaf/fr/presentation/equipes/]
# Armed Forces Insurance Agency [http://www.afi.org/auto.asp]
# Armed Forces Intellience Assessment [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/other_pubs/aap_15.pdf]
# Artists for Independent Art [http://www.writers.net/resources/resources_bookarts.php]
# Aruba Foreign Investment Agency [http://www.aruba.com/extlinks/govs/finvest.html]
# ASEAN Free Investment Area [http://www.aseansec.org/5288.htm]
# Asian Freight Industry Awards [http://www.cargonewsasia.com/cna/afia2002.html]
# Asociación de Ferias Internacionales de América [http://www.oas.org/DIL/AgreeAlpha-A.htm]
# Assets For Independent Act
# Assistance For Intercultural Affairs [http://www.afia.at/]
# Assistenza Finanziaria, Immobiliare, Assicurativa [http://www.afiaservice.it/sito/index.php]
# Associação de Fabricantes para a Indústria Automóvel [http://www.afia-afia.pt/]
# Association des Femmes artistes pour l'Intégration Africaine (Afia) [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200706140233.html]
# Association de Femmes pour l'Intégration et l'Action [http://www.wereldvrouwenmars.be/marchemondialedesfemmes/membres.html]
# Association des Fonctionnaires Internationaux Algériens [http://www.afia.ch/]
# Association des Fonctionnaires Internationaux Africains du Système des Nations Unies à Genève (AFIA/SYNUG) [http://www.unspecial.org/UNS633/UNS_633_T19.html]
# (the national) Association for Independent Artists [http://www.artisthelpnetwork.com/dataread.pl?DB=OT_NA&STATE=ALL&menu=other&order=psv+org+pub+per+web+pro]
# Association of Forfaiters In the Americas, Inc. [http://www.afia-forfaiting.org/]
# Association pour la Formation des Informaticiens par l'Apprentissage [http://www.cfa-afia.com/]
# Association départementale pour la Formation, l'Information et l'Animation dans les Hauts-de-Seine [http://www.hauts-de-seine.net/appli/association/associations.php?p=13]
# Association de Formation et d'Information Audiovisuelle [http://www.afia.fr.st/] [http://afia92.free.fr]
# Association Française d'Ici et d'Ailleurs [http://afia_sp.club.fr/index.htm]
# Association française d’informatique agricole [http://www.enitab.fr/people/bernard.delhomme/default.htm]
# Association Française d'Intelligence Artificielle [http://www.afia-france.org/]
# Association Franco Iranienne d'Alsace [http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIA_Plume2005/]
# Association des Frères Ivoiriens en Amérique [http://afiausa.org]
# Australasian Forum for International Arbitration [http://www.acica.org.au/downloads/international-arbitration-events-come-to-sydney.pdf]
# Australian Fodder Industry Association [http://www.afia.org.au/]
# Australian Foresight Institute Alumni [http://afia.openfutures.org/HomePage]
# Autologous Fascia Injection Augmentation
# Away From It All [http://www.themothersunion.org/content.asp?iid=620]
# Association of the Friend of Ibrahim Abd El Al [http://portal.undp.org.lb/ngo/NGOsearchac.cfm?acronym=AFIA]

Others

* FAFIA - (Canadian Feminist) Alliance for International Action - Alliance canadienne féministe pour l'action internationale (FAFIA / AFAI) [http://www.fafia-afai.org/]
* MAFIA - Merveilleuse Association des Filles Intelligentes et Aimables [http://lesm.a.f.i.a.teuses.c0wb0ys.org/2.html]
* SAFIA -- Security Architecture For Intelligent Attachement [http://www.safia-lb.com/e/index_e.html]
* AFIAL -- The Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al [http://www.ibrahim-abdelal.org/index4.html]
* AFI - Affordable Flexible Innovative Aerial Platforms [http://www.afi-platforms.co.uk/]
* AFrican Initiative on Ageing (AFIA) [http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/asp/form.asp?AcID=-1&NGOID=2716&RegID=all] ----
* AFIA FM, Senegalese radio station
* Afia, Guinean political party----
* AFIA Interactive Media, Singapore
* AFIA INTERNACIONAL LDA, commerce and industries, Angola
* AFIA INTERNATIONAL B V, Holland
* Afia Development Corp, United States [http://www.caribbeanwomentoday.net/] ----
* AFIA MVD, France [http://www.conceptafia.com/index.htm]
* Afia Cosmétique, France (Bordeaux)
* AFIA INFORMATIQUE, France (Brioude) [http://www.afia.fr/]
* A.F.I.A., France (Lempde)