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); [syn: Dias, Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dias
n 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) [syn: Dias,
Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz]