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Dias   /dˈaɪəz/   Listen
Dias

noun
1.
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).  Synonyms: Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz, Diaz.





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"Dias" Quotes from Famous Books



... have on our feelings. The great glare of Gothic windows; the massive curtains of orange-colored satin that, veiled with lace, pend in undulating folds over them; the cloudlike canopy that overhangs a dias at the further end of the parlor; the gorgeously-carved piano, with keys of pearl, that stands in dumb show beneath the drapery; the curiously-carved eagles, in gilt, that perch over each window, and hold ...
— Justice in the By-Ways - A Tale of Life • F. Colburn Adams
... answered, again with that elusive shadow of a smile, "It doesn't matter," and as I rose to leave, "Buenos dias, senor," and he turned ...
— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck


Words linked to "Dias" :   Diaz, navigator, Bartholomeu Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias


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