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Di⋅u

[dee-oo]
–noun
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
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Di·u   (dē'ōō)   
An island of western India in the Arabian Sea northwest of Mumbai (Bombay). A Portuguese possession after 1535, Diu was invaded by India in 1961 and annexed the following year. It is now part of the union territory of Daman and Diu.
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