Dias

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You may be looking for the article on "dais," a raised platform in a hall or large room, usually where guest speakers, honoured guests or expert panels are seated, possibly on a throne or similar seat.

Dias may mean:

• Direct Internet Access System
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Detaşamentul de Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale, a Romanian police rapid response unit
• Destruction in Art Symposium
• Transparency slides, sometimes known as dias film

• Dias (meaning Days) is also a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
  • Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer.
  • Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa.
  • Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge.
  • Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician.
  • Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician.
  • Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician.
  • Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player.
  • Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician.
  • Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect.
  • Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer.
  • Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer.
  • Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer.
  • Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique.
  • Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer.
  • Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet.

Dias is the name of the one of the sons of Pelops in Greek mythology.

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• Diaz