Xia
# Xia

Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to:

## Chinese history

* Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history
* Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty
* Xia (617–621), a state founded by Dou Jiande near the end of the Sui dynasty
* Western Xia (1038–1227), a Tangut-led dynasty
* Eastern Xia (1215–1233), a Jurchen-led dynasty
* Ming Xia (1362–1371), a short-lived dynasty that existed during the late Yuan dynasty period

## Other uses

* Huaxia or Xia, an ancient ethnic group later known as the Han Chinese
* Xia (surname), a Chinese surname
* Xia (philosophy), a Chinese philosophy similar (but not identical) to the chivalrous code of European knights
* Xia County, Shanxi, China
* 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 (Junsu), a Korean pop artist also known as Xiah and Junsu
* Xia, the former stage name of Korean pop artist Jang Jin Young, formerly of RaNiA
* Xia, a place in the fictional Bionicle universe
* Xia, a hero or knight-errant in Chinese fiction, see wuxia
