by dint of

English

Because of.
The North Caucasus are part of Russia by dint of history.
By means of.
He succeeded by dint of effort, not talent.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
  Nobs, by dint of much scrambling and one or two narrow escapes from death, had managed to follow us up the cliff and was now curled between me and the doorway, having devoured a piece of the dried meat, which he seemed to relish immensely.

because of — see because of

by means of — see by means of

by reason, by means of

Galician: a custa de, a forza de, a por de, a poder de
Russian: посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom) (+ genitive case), с по́мощью (ru) (s pómoščʹju) (+ genitive case)
Spanish: a fuerza de (es)

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