English Dictionary

Definition of “Dias”

Dias or Diaz (ˈdiːəs ; Portuguese ˈdiəʃ)

Bartholomeu (ˌbərtuluˈmeu). ?1450–1500, Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route from Europe to the East via the Cape of Good Hope (1488)

As the final buses arrived, there were emotional farewell scenes with Anil and Marcus Dias , the hotel owners.

Times, Sunday Times (2004)

Dias claimed not to have seen Henin-Hardenne put her hand up and refused to allow Williams a first serve to play the point over.

Globe and Mail (2003)

Dias is the tennis equivalent of Clive Thomas, the former football referee: great at his job, cannot stop digging himself holes.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

For the first five years every Canadian university coach wanted to put daggers in my back," Dias said.

Globe and Mail (2003)

Life can also be one long dance for grannies like Jenny Dias , 47, a receptionist in a Delhi office who has two grandsons.

India Today (1998)

`Buenos Dias ," said the living image of Mussolini in a sombrero.

Blashford-Snell, John Something Lost Behind the Ranges

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