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Dina Titus

Dina Titus is an American Democratic politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district since 2013, after representing the 3rd district from 2009 to 2011.

Dina Wadia

Dina Wadia (1919–2017), also called Dina Jinnah, only child of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Petit; married Parsi businessman Neville Wadia in 1938 against Jinnah's wishes, stayed in India, visited Pakistan twice, and fought for Jinnah House.

Dina Zielinski

Dina Zielinski is a bioinformatician and computational biologist known for co-developing DNA Fountain, the 2017 DNA data storage technique, and now works at WhiteLab Genomics in France.

Dinabandhu Mitra

Dinabandhu Mitra (দীনবন্ধু মিত্র) was a Bengali playwright and postal official, best known for Nil Darpan (1860), the play exposing indigo planters' oppression of cultivators during the Indigo Revolt.

Dinaburg

Dinaburg: FC Dinaburg, a Daugavpils, Latvia football club of the Virslīga, Latvian Cup winners 1991, excluded in October 2009 for betting-related match-fixing; also the historical name of Daugavpils (1275).

Dinaciclib

Dinaciclib, also known as SCH 727965 or MK-7965, is an experimental anticancer drug that blocks CDK1, CDK2, CDK5, and CDK9, tested in trials without regulatory approval.

Dinagyang

Dinagyang is Iloilo City's annual Santo Niño festival held the fourth Sunday of January, named in 1977 by Pacifico Sudario from Hiligaynon dagyang (merrymaking). Originating from a 1967 Cebu Santo Niño replica, it features the judged Ati Tribe Competition and has won the Aliwan Fiesta street dance title seven times.

Dinah (דִּינָה)

Dinah (דִּינָה) is the only named daughter of the patriarch Jacob, borne by his wife Leah, whose violation by Shechem is told in Genesis 34.

Dinah Craik

Dinah Maria Craik, née Mulock (1826–1887), was an English novelist and poet whose bestselling novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856) made her one of the era's most popular writers.

Dinah Jane

Dinah Jane, born 1997 in Santa Ana, California, is a Tongan-American pop and R&B singer, a founding member of Fifth Harmony, and since 2018 a solo artist whose EPs include Dinah Jane 1 and JUICE COUNTY: VOLUME 1.

Dinah Manoff

Dinah Manoff, American actress and director (born 1956 or 1958), Tony winner for I Ought to Be in Pictures; played Marty in Grease and Carol Weston on Empty Nest (1988–1995).

Dinah S. Singer

Dinah S. Singer is an American molecular biologist who led the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Biology and co-chaired the Cancer Moonshot's Blue Ribbon Panel.

Dinah Sheridan

Dinah Sheridan (1920-2012), English actress, star of Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970) as Mrs Waterbury; retired 1954 after marrying Rank head Sir John Davis, returned to screen in 1970.

Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore (Frances Rose Shore, 1916 or 1917–1994), American singer and television host from Winchester, Tennessee; Big Band-era recording star with 80 charted hits, first woman to host her own primetime variety show, Chevrolet sponsor, nine Emmys, Peabody, LPGA tournament namesake.

Dinah Sykes

Dinah Sykes is an American Democratic politician who has served as Minority Leader of the Kansas Senate since her 2016 election from District 21, in Johnson County.

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones, 1924–1963), the "Queen of the Blues," was an American R&B, blues, jazz, and pop singer with 46 R&B chart entries, the 1959 Grammy hit "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes," and 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Dinajpur

Dinajpur (দিনাজপুর), city and district headquarters in Rangpur Division, northwestern Bangladesh, 413 km from Dhaka; municipality since 1869; 2020 city population about 234,852; district of 3,437.98 sq km with 3,315,238 people (2022 census).

Dinajpur District

Dinajpur District (দিনাজপুর জেলা) is a district in Rangpur Division, northern Bangladesh, established in 1786; 3,444.30 sq km, 3,315,238 people (2022 census), 13 upazilas, agricultural economy, distinct from India's Dakshin and Uttar Dinajpur.

Dinakrushna Dasa

Dinakrushna Dasa (ଦୀନକୃଷ୍ଣ ଦାସ; c. 1650–1710) was an Odia devotional poet of the Riti era, best known for Rasakallola, a poem on Krishna and Radha central to Odissi music.

Dinamani Kadir

Dinamani Kadir (தினமணிக் கதிர்), also written Dinamani Kathir, is a Tamil weekly magazine founded in 1955, now given free with the Sunday edition of the Dinamani newspaper.

Dinapore

Dinapore (Danapur), cantonment town in Patna district, Bihar, India; established 1765, one of India's oldest cantonments, on the Ganges 14 km west of Patna; home of the Bihar Regimental Centre and site of a sepoy revolt on 25 July 1857.

Dinar

The dinar (دينار) is the name of several modern currencies and of a medieval Islamic gold coin, derived from the Roman denarius; the Kuwaiti dinar is the highest-valued.

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.