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Dias

American  
[dee-uhs, dee-uhsh] / ˈdi əs, ˈdi əʃ /
Or Diaz

noun

  1. Bartholomeu c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.


Dias British  
/ ˈdiːəs, ˈdiəʃ /

noun

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

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Dias said that backers of noncitizen voting need to build a broad coalition — grassroots organizations, election officials, lawyers for the city — before taking the proposal to voters.

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At last, in 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the southernmost tip of the continent, which he named the Cape of Good Hope.

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