Dinas may refer to:

Places

England

* Dinas, an area of

Padstow Padstow (; kw, Lannwedhenek) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately northwest of Wadebridge, northwest of Bodmin and ...

, Cornwall *

Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major Castle an Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort at the summit of Castle Downs near St Columb Major in Cornwall, UK () and is considered one of the most important hillforts in the southwest of Britain. It dates from around the 3rd to 2nd century BCE and ...

, 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 Iron ...

, a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall * Trereen Dinas, an Iron Age promontory fort at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall

Wales

Dinas, Gwynedd Dinas is a large hamlet near Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is in the ancient parish and modern community of Llanwnda and is served by the parish church of St. Gwyndaf in Llanwnda village, which is about a quarter of ...

, a large hamlet near Bontnewydd, Caernarfon ** Dinas railway station, on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway ** Dinas (FR) railway station, disused Festiniog Railway station * Dinas Cross, a village and community in Pembrokeshire ** Dinas Island, (''Ynys Dinas'') a peninsula in the community of Dinas Cross *

Dinas Dinlle Dinas Dinlle is a small settlement in Gwynedd, north-west Wales which is also, historically, part of Caernarfonshire. Description Dinas Dinlle has a large sand and pebble beach with vast areas of sand from mid-tide level. The foreshore consist ...

, a small settlement in Gwynedd *

Dinas Emrys Dinas Emrys () is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley, it overlooks the southern end of Llyn Dinas in Snowdonia. Little remains of the Iron Age hillf ...

, a hillock near Beddgelert, Gwynedd *

Dinas Mawddwy Dinas Mawddwy () is a village in the community of Mawddwy in south-east Gwynedd, north Wales. It lies within the Snowdonia National Park, but just to the east of the main A470, and consequently many visitors pass the village by. Its population ...

, a town and community in Gwynedd *

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

, 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. Alcock 1963. p. 01. It is just one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iron Age, for reasons that ...

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 ...

, a village near Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf **

Dinas Rhondda railway station Dinas Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving the Dinas, Penygraig and Trealaw districts of Tonypandy, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. The station has one platform with one small station shelter and is accessible by a sm ...

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 ...

, 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 ...

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

Philippines

Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur Dinas, officially the Municipality of Dinas ( ceb, Lungsod sa Dinas; Subanen: ''Benwa Dinas''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Dinas''; tl, Bayan ng Dinas), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According t ...

, a municipality

People

Arley Dinas José Arley Dinas Rodríguez, or simply known as Arley Dinas (born May 16, 1974) is a former Colombian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word '' ...

(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 footballer who played as a winger. Career Dinas began his professional career at Xanthi. He was then loan ...

(born 1989), Greek footballer

Other uses

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