Diu
Americannoun
noun
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A visibly upset Ramesh was one of the pall bearers who carried his brother's coffin to the crematorium in the town of Diu, his arm and face still covered in white bandages.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
In 1509, the Portuguese decisively defeated a combined Egyptian-Gujarati-Calicut fleet in the port of Diu, one of the main ports of the Sultanate of Gujarat.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Portuguese did not take control of Diu, but they received the right to establish a trading post there and a substantial payment in gold from the city’s Muslim merchants.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
One of the biggest events in Northern Ireland will be in Enniskillen, where more than 100 pipers and musicians will play Diu Regnare, which has been specially composed to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2022
Albuquerque acknowledged the force of these arguments, and retired to Cochin, where he remained inactive until Almeida's return, in March 1509, after the great victory off Diu.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Henry Morse Stephens
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