Dias 1482450 213782715 2008-05-20T20:27:49Z Darius Dhlomo 564742 :''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 Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă|Detaşamentul de Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale]], a Romanian police rapid response unit *[[Destruction in Art Symposium]] *[[Transparency (photography)|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 **[[Dinis Dias]], Portuguese explorer **[[Diogo Dias]], Portuguese explorer **[[Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos]], Angolan politician **[[Fernando Dias van Dúnem]], Angolan politician **[[Filipe Oliveira Dias]], Portuguese architect **Gaspar Dias (ca. 1560-1590), Portuguese [[Mannerist]] painter **[[Gonçalves Dias]], Brazilian poet **[[Luisa Diogo|Luisa Dias Diogo]], Prime Minister of [[Mozambique]] **[[Maria Berenice Dias]], Brazilian judge **[[Paulo Dias de Novais]], Portuguese colonizer of Africa **[[Pêro Dias]], Portuguese explorer **[[Rui Jorge|Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira]], Portuguese football player **[[Solomon Bandaranaike|Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike]], [[Sri Lanka]]n politician **[[Sirimavo Bandaranaike|Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike]], [[Sri Lanka]]n politician **[[Virna Dias]], Brazilian volleyball player **[[Dias Gomes]], Brazilian writer *Dias is also the name of the one of the sons of [[Pelops]] in [[Greek mythology]]. ==See also== * [[Diaz]] (a name article){{•}}[[Diaz (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]] [[de:Dias]] [[fr:Dias]] [[tl:Dias]]