Dilly
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- Erin DillyErin DillyErin Dilly is an American actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award.Dilly was raised in...
(b. 1972), a Tony Award nominated actress - Dilly BraimohDilly BraimohDilly Braimoh is an African-British television presenter, producer and freelance journalist. He was born to a Jewish mother, whom he never knew, and a Nigerian father, with whom he had only slight contact...
(b. 1959), an African-British television presenter and producer - Dilly KnoxDilly KnoxAlfred Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox CMG was a classics scholar at King's College, Cambridge, and a British codebreaker...
(1884–1943), British codebreaker and classical scholar at King's College, Cambridge
Places
- DiliDiliDili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....
, also spelled Díli, the capital and largest city of East Timor. - Dilly, MaliDilly, MaliDilly is a town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 39,968....
, a town and commune in Mali - Dilly, WisconsinDilly, WisconsinDilly is an unincorporated community located in the town of Forest, Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States....
, United States
Fiction:
- Dilly the Duck, a fictional animal character in the British 1984 TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and FriendsPeople and animals (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)The television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends features many fictional people and animals who interact with the engine characters and form the basis for many of the varying storylines. The following list describes the more notable people and animals that have appeared...
- Dilly the Dinosaur, protagonist of a children's book series by Tony BradmanTony BradmanTony Bradman is an English author of children's books, best known for the Dilly the Dinosaur series. He is the author of over 50 books for young people published by multiple houses including Alfred A. Knopf, Methuen Publishing, Puffin Books, and HarperCollins.Bradman earned an M.A...
Music:
- "DillyDilly (song)"Dilly" is the third single taken from Band of Horses' third album Infinite Arms. The song peaked #43 on the Belgian Singles chart. Despite not being performed live by the band frequently , it remains ones of the band's most widespread songs.-History:Ramsey came up with the song while staying in a...
", a 2011 single by Band of Horses, taken from their 2010 album Infinite ArmsInfinite Arms-Reception and chart performance:Infinite Arms has proved a major international success for Band of Horses. It has performed well in charts in Europe, Australasia and North America, reaching the top 10 in the US, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Norway and Sweden....
Other:
- Derby Dilly, a short-lived 19th century British political faction headed by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of DerbyEdward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of DerbyEdward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...
- Dilly, an alternate name for the SapodillaSapodillaManilkara zapota, commonly known as the sapodilla, is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatan in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species...
(Manilkara zapota)