Dias

American

[dee-uhs, dee-uhsh] / ˈdi əs, ˈdi əʃ /

Or Diaz

noun

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

Dias British

/ ˈdiːəs, ˈdiəʃ /

noun

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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Ruben Dias: Rattled by Jackson in the first half but made a good block to deny Alysson a certain goal.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Captain Ruben Dias also defended the post-match celebrations at Anfield.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Schulze Dias: Now that we’re in this tokenomics world, we’re being even more conscious of what models we are using for what tasks, which was not so much in the forefront for us before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

I asked Dias about her role as CIO, and how she sees the current AI landscape in areas including token cost and change management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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