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• da
  da

  preposition

  from; of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin).
• DA
  DA

  noun

  a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
• da.
  da.

  abbreviation

  daughter.
• DA.
  DA.

  abbreviation

  (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.
• D/A
  D/A

  days after acceptance.
• D.A.
  D.A.

  abbreviation

  delayed action.

da

¹ American  

[duh, dah, duh, dah] / də, dɑ, də, dɑ /

Or Da

preposition

1. from; of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin).

   Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.

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da ² American  

[dah] / dɑ /

adverb

Russian.

1. yes.

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DA ³ American  

[dee-ey] / ˈdiˈeɪ /

noun

DAs, plural DA's plural

1. a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.

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DA ⁴ American  

1. Department of Agriculture.

2. Dictionary of Americanisms.

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da. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. daughter.

2. day; days.

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DA. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.

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D/A ⁷ American  

1. (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.

2. deposit account.

3. documents against acceptance.

4. documents for acceptance.

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D.A. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. delayed action.

2. direct action.

3. District Attorney.

4. documents against acceptance.

5. documents for acceptance.

6. doesn't answer; don't answer.

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DA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (in the US) District Attorney

2. Diploma of Art

3. duck's arse (hairstyle)

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D/A ² British  

abbreviation

1. deposit account

2. commerce documents against acceptance

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Etymology

Origin of da¹

< Italian da ≪ Latin dē about, concerning + ab, ā from; < Portuguese da, contraction of de of, from (< Latin dē ) + a feminine singular definite article (≪ Latin illa that)

Origin of DA³

A euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass

Example Sentences

Co-written and directed by France’s Olivier Assayas in an adaptation of the novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the movie has the blundering, obvious feel of a made-for-cable TV item from the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Researchers reexamined fossils collected in Corumbá and also analyzed newly studied material from Bonito in the Serra da Bodoquena region.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

A third British man left the Hondius on April 14 on the South Atlantic Archipelago of Tristan da Cunha and was treated in isolation there.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

A third Briton is being treated for a suspected case on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, onto which British Army medics parachuted with fresh supplies to treat him.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“We’ll have food for you and your mother, for Anna, and Patch, and we’ll hold ourselves over until we plant again, or until my da comes back.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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