Dias

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''You may be looking for the article on "dais," a raised platform on which 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:

Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
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.

Dias

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