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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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• DA's
  plural
• DAs
  plural

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

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he doesn’t want Brazil to become merely another exporter of raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

On Thursday, Italian politician Dario Carotenuto and journalist Alessandro Mantovani, who were part of the flotilla, were pictured arriving at Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, after first being flown to Athens.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Under the plan, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece -- which attracts around 20,000 visitors a day -- will be independently accessible from the rest of the museum, with a separate ticket to see it.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

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

“Because if my da comes back, he probably won’t let us.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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