Dia ( Greek : Δία ['ði.a] ), also pronounced locally Ntia ( Ντία ['di.a] ), is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the Greek island of Crete . The island is 5 km long, 3 km wide and is located approximately 13 km north of Heraklion. Administratively, Dia is part of the community of Elia within the municipal unit of Gouves , Hersonissos municipality in Heraklion .
16-1482: [REDACTED] Look up dia , DIA , Dia , día , or dia- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DIA or Dia may refer to: Government establishments [ edit ] Defence Industry Agency , Turkey Defense Intelligence Agency , United States foreign military intelligence agency Defence Intelligence Agency (India) Indian foreign military intelligence agency Defence Intelligence Agency (Nigeria) Defense Intelligence Agency (South Korea) Department of Internal Affairs , New Zealand public service department Department of Indian Affairs , Canadian federal department Direzione Investigativa Antimafia , an Italian law-enforcement agency Organizations and businesses [ edit ] Airports [ edit ] Davao International Airport (DVO) Denver International Airport (DEN) Dubai International Airport (DXB) Doha International Airport (DIA) Durban International Airport (DUR) Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Arts [ edit ] Design Institute of Australia , Australian design organisation Detroit Institute of Arts , American art museum Dia Art Foundation , non-profit arts organization Charity [ edit ] Design and Industries Association , British charity Entertainment [ edit ] Dia (film) ,
32-614: A 2020 Indian Kannada language film DIA (group) , a South Korean girl group Dia (singer) , stage name for Kim Ji-Eun, a South Korean female singer Trade [ edit ] Dia (supermarket chain) , Spanish multinational supermarket chain Youth [ edit ] Detroit International Academy for Young Women Development in Action (DiA), a youth-led UK NGO focusing on international development and global citizenship amongst young people Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia' ,
48-521: A 2020 Indian Kannada language film DIA (group) , a South Korean girl group Dia (singer) , stage name for Kim Ji-Eun, a South Korean female singer Trade [ edit ] Dia (supermarket chain) , Spanish multinational supermarket chain Youth [ edit ] Detroit International Academy for Young Women Development in Action (DiA), a youth-led UK NGO focusing on international development and global citizenship amongst young people Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia' ,
64-511: A Roman goddess Dia (mythology) , name of multiple figures in Greek mythology Dia (name) , and persons with the name Dia language , a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea Dia (software) , a software program for diagram creation Diameter , the width of a circle, often abbreviated to "dia." Diamond ( Shugo Chara! ) , also known as Dia, a character from the manga series Shugo Chara! SS Dia , British cargo ship that sank in
80-463: A Roman goddess Dia (mythology) , name of multiple figures in Greek mythology Dia (name) , and persons with the name Dia language , a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea Dia (software) , a software program for diagram creation Diameter , the width of a circle, often abbreviated to "dia." Diamond ( Shugo Chara! ) , also known as Dia, a character from the manga series Shugo Chara! SS Dia , British cargo ship that sank in
96-533: A breeding population of 300–380 pairs of the Eleonora's falcons. Dia is part of the European Network of Nature ( Natura 2000 ) and is a protected hunting ground. There are also a number of protected plants such as Carlina diae . In 1976, Jacques Cousteau carried out underwater exploration around Dia and found the remains of an ancient port in the waters between Heraklion and Dia. Day trips, but no camping,
112-506: A given name Diya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dia&oldid=1231181875 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
128-506: A given name Diya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dia&oldid=1231181875 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
144-1543: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages dia [REDACTED] Look up dia , DIA , Dia , día , or dia- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DIA or Dia may refer to: Government establishments [ edit ] Defence Industry Agency , Turkey Defense Intelligence Agency , United States foreign military intelligence agency Defence Intelligence Agency (India) Indian foreign military intelligence agency Defence Intelligence Agency (Nigeria) Defense Intelligence Agency (South Korea) Department of Internal Affairs , New Zealand public service department Department of Indian Affairs , Canadian federal department Direzione Investigativa Antimafia , an Italian law-enforcement agency Organizations and businesses [ edit ] Airports [ edit ] Davao International Airport (DVO) Denver International Airport (DEN) Dubai International Airport (DXB) Doha International Airport (DIA) Durban International Airport (DUR) Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Arts [ edit ] Design Institute of Australia , Australian design organisation Detroit Institute of Arts , American art museum Dia Art Foundation , non-profit arts organization Charity [ edit ] Design and Industries Association , British charity Entertainment [ edit ] Dia (film) ,
160-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dia (island) In the south coast of Dia there are four coves, from west to east Agios Georgios, Kapari, Panagia (Madonna) and Agrielia. One more cove, Aginara, is to the east. The island was formerly known as Standia , by juncture loss in the phrase στήν Δία (Greek for 'on Dia'). It
176-952: The Georgian Girl Scout Association Places [ edit ] Diá , Drôme, France Dia (Bithynia) , an ancient town of Bithynia Dia (Coele-Syria) , an ancient city of Coele-Syria Dia (island) , Greek island off the coast of Crete Dia, Mali Dia (moon) , a moon of Jupiter Naxos (island) , Greek island in the Aegean, named Dia by the ancient Greeks Publications [ edit ] Al Día (disambiguation) , various newspapers El Día (disambiguation) , various newspapers O Dia , Brazilian newspaper Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) or İslâm Ansiklopedisi , Turkish encyclopedia for Islamic studies El Nuevo Dia Puerto Rican newspaper, commonly referred to as "El Dia" Other uses [ edit ] Dea Dia , lit. 'goddess Dia',
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#1732848753814192-822: The Georgian Girl Scout Association Places [ edit ] Diá , Drôme, France Dia (Bithynia) , an ancient town of Bithynia Dia (Coele-Syria) , an ancient city of Coele-Syria Dia (island) , Greek island off the coast of Crete Dia, Mali Dia (moon) , a moon of Jupiter Naxos (island) , Greek island in the Aegean, named Dia by the ancient Greeks Publications [ edit ] Al Día (disambiguation) , various newspapers El Día (disambiguation) , various newspapers O Dia , Brazilian newspaper Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) or İslâm Ansiklopedisi , Turkish encyclopedia for Islamic studies El Nuevo Dia Puerto Rican newspaper, commonly referred to as "El Dia" Other uses [ edit ] Dea Dia , lit. 'goddess Dia',
208-612: The Mediterranean in 1964 Dow Diamonds (NYSE: DIA), an exchange-traded fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average Document Interchange Architecture, an IBM standard for electronic mail, part of IBM Systems Application Architecture Data-independent acquisition , an acquisition type in mass spectrometry Diisopropylamine , a common organic base and precursor to Lithium Diisopropylamide See also [ edit ] Diaa ,
224-452: The Mediterranean in 1964 Dow Diamonds (NYSE: DIA), an exchange-traded fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average Document Interchange Architecture, an IBM standard for electronic mail, part of IBM Systems Application Architecture Data-independent acquisition , an acquisition type in mass spectrometry Diisopropylamine , a common organic base and precursor to Lithium Diisopropylamide See also [ edit ] Diaa ,
240-656: The time of the Minoans , from Knossos . Because of this, it was sometimes identified as the island that Theseus escaped to after killing the minotaur . On Dia there are a number of protected wildlife species including the snail Albinaria retusa, the lizard Podarcis erchardii schiebeli , a wild subspecies of the European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus cnossius ), and Eleonora's falcon , known as mavropetritis in Greek. The island has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports
256-507: Was the principal port of Crete for centuries. Its four south coves have been used as anchorages since the Minoan period. The islet looks like a giant lizard when viewed from the city of Heraklion . Greek mythology tells of a giant lizard that tried to destroy the island of Crete, however, Zeus turned it into stone with a thunderbolt, thus creating the island. The island is visible from Crete's capital city of Heraklion, as it would have been in
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