Diu

American  

[dee-oo] / ˈdi u /

noun

1. part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.

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Diu British  

/ ˈdiːuː /

noun

1. a small island off the NW coast of India: together with a mainland area, it formed a district of Portuguese India (1535–1961); formerly part of the Indian Union Territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1962–87)

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

The fortress was not completed a moment too soon, for in 1538 the Turkish fleet, under Sul�im�n Pasha, after taking Aden by a stratagem, blockaded Diu by sea.

From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Stephens, Henry Morse