DIAS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)

Synonyms:

Bartholomeu Dias; Bartholomeu Diaz; Dias; Diaz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

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