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BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ
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• BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ (noun)
The noun BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bartholomeu Dias; Bartholomeu Diaz; Dias; Diaz
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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