plural MIA’s, MIAs for 2.
- missing in action.
- a soldier declared missing in action.
- Master of International Affairs.
- Military. missing in action.
abbreviation for
- military, mainly US missing in action: officially unaccounted for following combat
- (in Australia) Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
also m.i.a., initialism of missing in action, attested from 1919 (see missing).