Dire

Dire may refer to:

People

• Dire Tune (born 19 June, 1985), an Ethiopian long-distance runner;
• Dire Tladi, a professor of international law at the Department of Public Law and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria;

Places

• Diré, a town located in the Tombouctou Region of Mali;
• Diré Cercle, an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali, whose administrative center (in French, chef-lieu) is the mentioned town of Diré;
• Dire (woreda), one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia;
• Dire Dawa, one of two chartered cities (astedader akabibi) in Ethiopia;
• Dire Dawa Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia;
• Dire Dawa International Airport, an alternative name of the Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport;
• Dire Dawa University, a public university located in Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia;

Sports

• Dire Dawa City, a football club from Ethiopia;

Fiction

• Dire animal, a larger, tougher and meaner version of a regular animal in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Some examples are:
  • The dire corby;
  • The dire rat;
• Dire Tombs, a fictional location mentioned in the Dungeon Tiles series of supplements from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game;
• Dire Wraith, a fictional extraterrestrial species published by Marvel Comics;

Zoology

• Dire wolf, an extinct species of wolf;

Music

• Dire Straits, a British rock band (active from 1977 to 1988 and from 1991 to 1995);
• Dire Straits (album), an album from the rock band Dire Straits;
• Dire Straits Tour, the first concert tour by the rock band Dire Straits;

Other uses

• Dire rear, a cheeky term for the diarrhea disease;