Daman and Diu

American

[dee-oo] / ˈdi u /

noun

a union territory of NW India, on the Arabian Sea. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

Daman and Diu British

/ dɑːˈmɑːn; ˈdiːuː /

noun

a union territory in W India: formerly a district of Portuguese India (1559–1961) then part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1961–87). Area: 112 sq km (43 sq miles). Pop: 158 059 (2001)

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A few strips along the African coast, tenuously held by sufferance of the great powers, and bits of territory at Goa, Daman, and Diu in India, are the twentieth century remnants of Portugal's colonial empire.

From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

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