Dinas may refer to:

Places

England

* Dinas, an area of Padstow, Cornwall * Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major, an Iron Age hillfort at the summit of Castle Downs, Cornwall *

Treryn Dinas Treryn Dinas is a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula between Penberth Cove and Porthcurno in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust. It is the site of a promontory fort dated to the Iro ...

, a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall *

Trereen Dinas Gurnard's Head ( kw, Ynyal, meaning ''desolate one''; ) is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK. The name is supposed to reflect that the rocky peninsula resembles the head of the Sea robin, g ...

, an Iron Age promontory fort at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall

Wales

* Dinas, Gwynedd, a large hamlet near Bontnewydd, Caernarfon ** Dinas railway station, on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway **

Dinas (FR) railway station Dinas station was built by the Festiniog Railway (FR). It was the first passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales. This station is not to be confused with some miles distant on the Welsh Highland Ra ...

, disused Festiniog Railway station *

Dinas Cross Dinas Cross ( cy, Dinas) is both a village, a community and a former parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Located between Fishguard and Newport in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, it is a popular holiday destination on the A487 road. The two h ...

, a village and community in Pembrokeshire ** Dinas Island, (''Ynys Dinas'') a peninsula in the community of Dinas Cross * Dinas Dinlle, a small settlement in Gwynedd * Dinas Emrys, a hillock near Beddgelert, Gwynedd * Dinas Mawddwy, a town and community in Gwynedd *

Dinas Powys Dinas Powys (; also spelt "Dinas Powis" in English) is a small town and community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Its name means "fort of the provincial place" and refers to the Dinas Powys hillfort, Iron Age hillfort wh ...

, a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan **

Dinas Powys railway station Dinas Powys railway station is one of two railway stations serving the village of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 4½ miles (7 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Barry ...

Dinas Powys hillfort The Dinas Powys hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort near Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales.#Alc63, Alcock 1963. p. 01. It is just Hillforts in Britain, one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iro ...

Dinas Rhondda Dinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan. The word ' in Modern Welsh means "city", but here (as ...

, a village near Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf ** Dinas Rhondda railway station *

Castell Dinas Castell Dinas is a hillfort and castle in southern Powys, Wales. At 450 m (1,476 feet) (SO179301) it has the highest castle in England and Wales. It is positioned to defend the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell. Iron Age hillfor ...

, a hillfort and castle in southern Powys *

Llyn Dinas Llyn Dinas is a lake near Beddgelert, Gwynedd in north Wales. It is formed by the River Glaslyn. Llyn Dinas lies on the valley floor a few miles north of Beddgelert at an altitude of about 55 metres above sea level. It has an area of and is fai ...

, a lake near Beddgelert, Gwynedd *

Pen Dinas Pen Dinas is the name of a large hill within the boundary of the village of Penparcau, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, (just south of Aberystwyth) upon which an extensive Iron Age, Celtic hillfort of international significance is situated. T ...

, a large hill in Penparcau, on the coast of Ceredigion

Philippines

* Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur, a municipality

People

Arley Dinas José Arley Dinas Rodríguez, or simply known as Arley Dinas (born May 16, 1974) is a former Colombian football player. Club statistics National team statistics External links * * 1974 births Living people Colombian footballers Colom ...

(born 1974), a former Colombian football player *

Thanasis Dinas Athanasios 'Thanasis' Dinas ( el, Αθανάσιος 'Θανάσης' Ντίνας; born 12 November 1989) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Winger (soccer), winger. Career Dinas began his profession ...

(born 1989), Greek footballer

Other uses

* ''Dinas'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe