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Dinara

Dinara is a karst mountain massif on the Croatia–Bosnia and Herzegovina border; Sinjal (1,831 m) is Croatia's highest peak, Troglav (1,913 m) the massif's highest, and the mountain gave its name to the Dinaric Alps and Dinarides.

Dinara Safina (Динара Мубиновна Сафина)

Dinara Safina is a retired Russian tennis player, born 1986 in Moscow, who reached world No. 1 in April 2009, won 12 singles titles, and lost three Grand Slam finals.

Dinard

Dinard (INSEE 35093) is a Breton seaside resort on the Côte d'Émeraude facing Saint-Malo across the Rance estuary. Known for its Belle Époque villas, 407 listed buildings, British origins, and 2026 mayor Arnaud Salmon.

Dinaric Alps

Dinaric Alps (Dinarides): ~650 km mountain chain along the eastern Adriatic coast from Slovenia to Albania, highest peak Prokletije 2,694 m; home of classical karst (~60,000 km²) and the Adria plate boundary.

Dinaric doline landscapes

Dinaric doline landscapes are karst terrains of the Dinaric Alps, between the Adriatic Sea and the Pannonian Basin, densely covered in sinkholes, the type area of karst geomorphology.

Dinaric race

Dinaric race (Adriatic race): a historical physical-anthropology type from Deniker, defined by tall stature, brachycephaly, long face, aquiline nose; used in Yugoslav, Ustasha, and Nazi racial thought, later abandoned.

Dinasari (தினசரி)

Dinasari (தினசரி) is a 2025 Tamil drama directed by G. Sankar, starring Srikanth and producer-actress Cynthia Lourde, with Ilaiyaraaja's music; released 14 February 2025, it earned ₹0.04 crore and holds a 4.7/10 IMDb rating.

Dinastía Casillas

Dinastía Casillas is a 2025 Telemundo Super Serie, an official spin-off of El Señor de los Cielos following Ismael Casillas and Diana Ahumada defending Aurelio's cartel legacy against El Gancho, premiering 7 October 2025.

Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian-American novelist and journalist, born in Addis Ababa in 1978, who won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012 and wrote four novels about African exiles and refugees.

Dinawan Energy Hub

The Dinawan Energy Hub is a proposed hybrid wind, solar, and battery project of up to 2 GW in the Riverina region of New South Wales, developed by Spark Renewables.

Dindigul

Dindigul (திண்டுக்கல்) is a city and district headquarters in central Tamil Nadu, India, known for its 1605 Nayak hill fort, British-era history, and GI-tagged lock and tannery industries.

DinDin

DinDin (딘딘), born Lim Cheol, is a South Korean rapper who placed 7th on Show Me the Money 2 in 2013 and became a variety television personality.

Diné Bahaneʼ

Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo for "Story of the People") is the creation narrative of the Diné (Navajo) people, describing their emergence from lower worlds into the present Glittering World.

DINE study

DINE study (Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures), an NIH ECHO cohort of ~800 preterm children from four parent studies (PROP, TOLSURF, PENUT, NICU-HEALTH), recruited 2010–2020, studying NICU phthalate, metal, and environmental exposures and long-term neurodevelopment; distinct from DINE-Normal, DINE-CD, and prostate DINE trials.

Diner

A diner is a characteristically American restaurant serving inexpensive, hearty food at a counter and in booths, often around the clock, originating in 1870s lunch wagons.

Diner (1982 film)

Diner (1982) is Barry Levinson's directorial debut, an MGM comedy-drama about six young men in 1959 Baltimore gathering at a Fell's Point diner before Eddie's wedding; Oscar-nominated screenplay, starring Guttenberg, Rourke, Bacon, and Barkin.

Diners Club International

Diners Club International is a global payment-card brand created in 1950 as the world's first multi-purpose charge card, owned by Discover and accepted in more than 185 countries.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Triple D) is a Food Network road-trip series, premiered April 23, 2007, hosted by Guy Fieri, created by David Page, visiting independent American diners, drive-ins, and dives in a red 1968 Camaro.

Dinesh Bhandari

Dinesh Bhandari, known as Danny Bhandari, is an Australian derivatives trader who co-founded the proprietary trading firm Tibra Capital in 2006 after leaving Optiver, and was its first chief executive.

Dinesh Chandra Sen

Dinesh Chandra Sen (দীনেশচন্দ্র সেন; 1866–1939) was a Bengali educator and historian of Bengali literature at the University of Calcutta who pioneered collecting Bengali folk ballads, including Maimansingha Gitika.

Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)

Dinesh Chandra Yadav, born 1951 in Bihar, is an Indian politician of Janata Dal (United) elected to the Lok Sabha five times, representing Madhepura since 2024.

Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American conservative author, filmmaker, and political commentator born in Mumbai; Reagan policy analyst, Dartmouth Review founder, author of Illiberal Education, creator of 2016: Obama's America and the debunked 2000 Mules, pardoned by Trump in 2018.

Dinesh Karthik (தினேஷ் கார்த்திக்)

Dinesh Karthik (தினேஷ் கார்த்திக்), Indian wicketkeeper-batsman from Chennai, 180 caps (26 Tests, 94 ODIs, 60 T20Is) 2004-2022, mostly behind MS Dhoni; famous 2018 Nidahas final last-ball six; IPL 257 matches, 4842 runs; retired June 2024, now RCB batting coach.

Dinesh Lal Yadav (दिनेश लाल यादव)

Dinesh Lal Yadav, aka Nirahua (निरहुआ), born 1979 in Ghazipur, UP, is a Bhojpuri film actor, singer, producer (Nirahua Entertainment) and BJP politician; MP for Azamgarh 2022–2024, lost 2024.

Dinesh Manocha

Dinesh Manocha is a computer scientist at the University of Maryland known for work in robotics, computer graphics, and autonomous driving, after 26 years at UNC Chapel Hill.

Dinesh Patel (दिनेश कुमार पटेल)

Dinesh Kumar Patel (दिनेश कुमार पटेल), Indian pitcher, runner-up on 2008's Million Dollar Arm; signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Rinku Singh as India's first pro baseball players, pitched 2009-2010 in the GCL.

Dinesh Singh Rana

Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, Indian Army officer; Garhwal Rifles (commissioned 1987); former DG Defence Intelligence Agency (2023), 18th CINCAN (2025), 23rd Colonel of the Garhwal Rifles, and Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command.

Dinesh Vasu Dash

Dinesh Vasu Dash (迪内希; தினேஷ் வாசு தாஸ்), born 1974 or 1975, Singaporean PAP politician, former brigadier-general and AIC CEO; MP for Bedok, East Coast GRC, Minister of State (MCCY, Manpower), Mayor of South East District since 2025.

Dineshbhai Makwana

Dineshbhai Makwana, born in 1969 in Ahmedabad, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented the Ahmedabad West constituency of Gujarat in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Dineutron correlation

Dineutron correlation is the pairing of two neutrons, usually spin zero, into a compact cluster on the surface of neutron-rich halo nuclei like ¹¹Li, though two free neutrons do not bind.