da

¹

Or Da

[duh, dah, duh, dah]

preposition

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

   Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.

DA

²

[dee-ey]

noun

plural

DAs, DA's 

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.

da

³

[dah]

adverb

Russian.

1. yes.

DA

⁴

1. Department of Agriculture.

2. Dictionary of Americanisms.

da.

⁵

abbreviation

1. daughter.

2. day; days.

DA.

⁶

abbreviation

1. (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.

D/A

⁷

1. (sometimes lowercase),  days after acceptance.

2. deposit account.

3. documents against acceptance.

4. documents for acceptance.

D.A.

⁸

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.

DA

¹

abbreviation

1. (in the US) District Attorney

2. Diploma of Art

3. duck's arse (hairstyle)

D/A

²

abbreviation

1. deposit account

2. commerce documents against acceptance

Word History and Origins

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 da²

A euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass

Example Sentences

The draft landed as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced he was returning to Belem, the rainforest city where the marathon negotiations are underway, in an effort to seal a deal.

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had brushed off concerns about the location and highlighted the need to put the world's largest tropical rainforest at the center of the talks.

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The move follows similar actions from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose government recognised Indigenous possession of 11 territories last year.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to halve deforestation by 2030.

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“There are no edges, as Leonardo da Vinci would say. But I can’t think of a period that’s free of some sort of overwhelming division, and also a sense among people at the time that this is it, it’s all over.”

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