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Dictionary: Dis   (dĭs) pronunciation

n. Roman Mythology
  1. The god of the underworld; Pluto.
  2. The underworld.

[Latin Dīs, from variant of dīves, wealthy (from the belief that the underworld was the source of wealth from the ground).]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
  Synonym: Orcus


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Dis may refer to:

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People

Places

  • Abu Dis, Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, bordering Jerusalem

Companies

Academic institutions

Religion, mythology, and fiction

  • Dis (Divine Comedy), the fictional city in The Divine Comedy that contains the lower circles of hell & alternate name for Lucifer
  • Dis Pater, predecessor of Pluto in Roman Mythology and ancestor of the Gauls according to Roman thought
  • Dís, singular of dísir, a group of minor goddesses in Norse mythology
  • Pluto (mythology), as the alternative name "Dīs"
  • Dís (Middle-earth), a female Dwarf from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe
  • Dis, fictional planet where most of the action of Harry Harrison's novel Planet of the Damned takes place
  • Dis is a city in The Dark Tower (series) by Stephen King

Music and film

  • Abu-Dis, a CD album of remixes by Muslimgauze of other artists' material
  • "City of Dis", a song by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura from their 2006 release Dante XXI
  • "dis–", the opening theme song of the anime series Infinite Ryvius, performed by Mika Arisaka
  • Drowned in Sound, a webzine concentrating on new music
  • Dís, a soundtrack album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • "Chambers of Dis", a song by Florida death metal band Morbid Angel from their 1998 release Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
  • The musical note D, in German nomenclature
  • Dis, an album by Norwegian jazz musician Jan Garbarek
  • "DIS", a song by Japanese visual band The GazettE.
  • Dis oui ("Say yes"), Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
  • Dis rien ("Say nothing"), Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
  • Dis-le Quand Même, song featured in Sébastien Izambard's first and solo album Libre
  • Dis-moi qui tuer ("Tell Me Whom to Kill"), a 1965 French drama film directed by Etienne Périer

Computer topics

Games

  • "Dis" (see Baator), the second of the Nine Hells in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game universe

Military

Acronyms and slang


 
 

 

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