title: Xia
text: # 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
  