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Dio is the Italian word for God. It may also refer to:

Ancient history

• Cassius Dio, Roman historian (160–230 AD)
• Dio Chrysostom, Roman philosopher (40–120 AD)
• Dio of Alexandria, Greek philosopher and ambassador (1st century BC)

Places

• Dio, Burkina Faso
• Diö, a small village in southern Sweden
• Dio-et-Valquières, France
• Dio-Gare, Mali
• Diu, India, formerly known as Dio

People

• Johnny Dio (1914–1979), Mafia boss
• Ronnie James Dio (born 1942), American heavy metal singer for the bands Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven and Hell
• Palmiro Di Dio (born 1985), Italian football (soccer) defender
• Dio Lequaglie (born 1963), Italian beach volleyball player
• Dio Kobayashi (born 1972), Japanese circus performer

Music

• Dio (band), an American heavy metal band
• Dio - Distraught Overlord, a Japanese heavy metal band
• "Dio" (song), a song by Tenacious D on the 2001 eponymous album

Other

• Dio Brando, character from the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Honda Dio, motorscooter produced in India
• Radio Dio, an independent radio station, broadcasting to the French city of Saint-Etienne

Acronyms

• Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong
• Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong
• Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland), New Zealand
• Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian military intelligence agency
• Defense Industries Organization
• Diet-induced obese, mouse model

See also

• Dios (disambiguation)
• D10

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Esperanto

Proper noun

Dio (accusative Dion)

1. God

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Dio

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Proper noun

Dio m. (plural: dei)

1. God

Alternative spellings

• Iddio

Anagrams

• Anagrams of dio
• iod
• odi