Mias

The natives of the northwest coast of Borneo are all positive as to the existence of two distinct species, which I formerly gave you by the names of the _Mias pappan_ and _Mias rombi_; but I have since received information from a few natives of intelligence that there are three sorts, and what is vulgarly called the Mias rombi is in reality the _Mias kassar_, the rombi being a distinct and third species.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

In all these objects I succeeded beyond my expectations, and will now give some account of my experience in hunting the Orangutan, or "Mias," as it is called by the natives; and as this name is short, and easily pronounced,

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

In Borneo the Orang-Utan of the Malays goes by the name of "Mias" among the Dyaks, who distinguish several kinds as 'Mias Pappan', or 'Zimo',

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

In Borneo the Orang-Utan of the Malays goes by the name of "Mias" among the Dyaks, who distinguish several kinds as 'Mias Pappan', or 'Zimo',

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

I Exegersi ton Kyrion: I Genesi Mias Feministikis Syneidisis stin Ellada 1833 – 1907 (The revolt of the ladies: The birth of a feminist consciousness in Greece 1833 – 1907).

Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

Whatever it is, Robert has to deal not just with Bob, but two Anns, two of his son, Robbie, and two Mias.

The Bob Delusion 2009

Whatever it is, Robert has to deal not just with Bob, but two Anns, two of his son, Robbie, and two Mias.

The Bob Delusion 2009

The rest of us, the Deborahs and the Mias, and the Mandys and the Kaias, and all the other bridge-girls who've taken their turns and will in the future, we're the ones who still have a chance to be determined.

seanan_mcguire: For we shall be wicked, and we shall be fair... seanan_mcguire 2009

Each kit fit into a box not much larger than a VHS tape, and it would take an army of Mias working around the clock for years to wade through them all.

Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008

In one case a female Mias, on a durian tree, kept up for at least ten minutes a continuous shower of branches and of the heavy, spined fruits, as large as 32-pounders, which most effectually kept us clear of the tree she was on.

Essays 2007