Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: Diaz  dee-az
  1. 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)
    - Dias, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz

Type of: navigator

Encyclopedia: Diaz, Ar Diaz, AR Diaz Diaz, Pedro Diaz, Juan Diaz, Arkansas

Nearest

diathermy machine
diathesis
diatom
diatomaceous earth
diatomic
diatomite
Diatomophyceae
diatonic
diatonic scale
diatribe
Diaz
diazepam
diazo
diazonium
diazotise
diazotize
diazoxide
dibasic
dibasic acid
dibasic salt
dibber