Xia

Xia (夏) details several meanings in the Chinese language and the History of China:

• The season of summer\n*A Chinese family name\n*The Xia Dynasty\n*The majority ethnic group later knowned as the Han Chinese after the Han Dynasty. Refer to Huaxia.\n*The "Empire" of Xia of the Hunnic Tiefu.\n*The Xia regime by Dou Jiande during the turbulent transition from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.\n*The Western Xia of the Tanguts.