比亚 (Bǐyà): Bia (Greek mythology — daughter…

Meanings

1 Bia (Greek mythology — daughter of Pallas and Styx, personification of force / violence)
2 (also a common phonetic syllable for 'bia' in transliterated names and place names)

Characters

比

bǐ

to compare (used phonetically here)

亚

yà

second / Asia (used phonetically here)

Examples

比亚是希腊神话中暴力的化身。

Bǐyà shì Xīlà shénhuà zhōng bàolì de huàshēn.

Bia is the personification of violence in Greek mythology.

哥伦比亚的'比亚'就是这两个字。

Gēlúnbǐyà de 'bǐyà' jiù shì zhè liǎng gè zì.

The 'bia' in Colombia is written with these two characters.

Tips

culture

In Greek mythology, Bia (Βία, 'Force') is one of the four winged enforcers of Zeus alongside her siblings Kratos (Power), Nike (Victory), and Zelus (Zeal). She and Kratos chain Prometheus to the rock in Aeschylus' tragedy.

usage

The same two characters 比亚 are heavily reused as a phonetic ending in country names: 哥伦比亚 (Colombia), 利比亚 (Libya), 赞比亚 (Zambia), 纳米比亚 (Namibia).