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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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The research was carried out during the doctoral work of Natara Dias Gomes da Silva at FOB-USP.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Historian Ric Dias tells that story in his book “Kaiser Steel of Fontana.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Right now it’s very slow, pero, it’s OK,” said Javier Dias, owner of Javi’s Gift Shop, switching between English and Spanish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It then emerged that Vorcaro's brother-in-law, who is also under investigation, had purchased part of a resort in 2021 from Dias Toffoli's brothers, through a management company also under suspicion in the Master case.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Beyond the Cape, the furthest point that Dias reached he named the Rio do Infante, the River of the Crown Prince, after Prince Henry, now called the Navigator.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton