Diu

Diu or DIU may refer to:

Dansk Interlingua Union or Union Danese pro Interlingua, an organization that promotes Interlingua in Denmark

Diplôme interuniversitaire, a French degree

Diu (Cantonese), a Cantonese profanity

Diu, India, a city in Diu district in the union territory of Daman and Diu, India

Diu district, part of the union territory of Daman and Diu
- Diu Island, an island and part of Diu district
Diu Airport's IATA code
Diu Head

Diu district, part of the union territory of Daman and Diu

Diu Island, an island and part of Diu district

Diu Island, an island and part of Diu district

Diu Airport's IATA code

Diu Head

Down-With-Imperialism Union, a union formed by Kim Il-sung, president of North Korea

Dresden International University, part of Dresden University in Germany

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Diu (Cantonese)

Diu (Traditional Chinese: 屌 Hong Kong coinage: 𨳒 [門+小] jyutping: diu2 pinyin: diǎo) is a common profanity in Cantonese. It can be regarded as the Cantonese equivalent of the English fuck. The character, in Mandarin, is also used by young people in Taiwan to mean "cool" (in this context it is not censored on TV broadcasts).

In classic Chinese

Diu is a word in the Chinese language. It appears frequently in the text of the classic novel Water Margin, and is written as 鳥 (meaning "bird", pronounced niǎo in Mandarin and niu5 in Cantonese when used in this usual sense). It is used as an emphatic adjective with a function similar to the English "fucking", "bloody" or "god damned". For example,

武松指著蔣門神，說道：「休言你這廝鳥蠢漢！景陽岡上那隻大蟲，也只三拳兩腳，我兀自打死了！量你這個直得甚麼！快交割還他！但遲了些個，再是一頓，便一發結果了你廝！」Water Margin, Chp. 29

Diu means primarily the penis. It is written as 屌 when used in this sense, but usually as 鳥 when used as an emphatic adjective. For example,

木寸、馬户、尸巾，你道我是個「村驢屌」？Romance of the West Chamber (西廂記), Act 5, Scene 3 (第五本第三折)

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Diu, India

Diu is a town in Diu district in the union territory of Daman and Diu, India.

The town of Diu lies at the eastern end of Diu Island, and is known for its fortress and old Portuguese Cathedral. It is also a fishing town.

It is the tenth least populated district of India.

Diu has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

History

The town and district were historically part of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat and an important port on trade routes of Arabian sea of Indian Ocean.

Due to its strategic importance, there was a Battle of Diu in 1509 between Portugal and a combined force of Turkey, Egypt, Venice, the Republic of Ragusa (now known as Dubrovnik) and the Sultan of Gujarat, Mahmud Begada. In 1513, the Portuguese tried to establish an outpost there, but negotiations were unsuccessful. There were failed attempts by Diogo Lopes de Sequeira in 1521, Nuno da Cunha in 1523. In 1531 the conquest attempted by D. Nuno da Cunha was also not successful.