Hyphenation
MIA maidTurkish pronunciation
miı meydPronunciation
/ˈmēə ˈmād/ /ˈmiːə ˈmeɪd/
Etymology
() From a former name of the church's program for young women, which was the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association, or YWMIA. First adopted and applied to the middle age group of the YWMIA in 1950.