diaz

Diaz
    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}]
    

Diaz, AR (city, FIPS 18940)
  Location: 35.64795 N, 91.25989 W
  Population (1990): 1363 (502 housing units)
  Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    

Diaz, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    1284
   Housing Units (2000): 552
   Land area (2000):     5.923201 sq. miles (15.341020 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.021151 sq. miles (0.054780 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    5.944352 sq. miles (15.395800 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            18940
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             35.644423 N, 91.261294 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Diaz, AR
    Diaz
    

DIAZ

Porfiro, former king and political leader of Mexico, who
departed from the social functions of a king to assist the
government.  Legends prevail to the effect that he patterned
his actions on a Napoleon-Roosevelt policy. He also was
requested to move.  Ambition:  A revolution with himself on
top.  Recreation:  The fandango.  Address:  Fifty years in the
White House of Mexico.  Epitaph:  Wilson Never Bothered Me.