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noun

• An intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition.
  • synonyms: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA
• 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. ).
  • synonyms: Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz