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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.
da 2 American  
[dah] / dɑ /

adverb

Russian.

  1. yes.

DA 3 American  
[dee-ey] / ˈdiˈeɪ /

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 4 American  

  1. Department of Agriculture.

  2. Dictionary of Americanisms.

da. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. daughter.

  2. day; days.

DA. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.

D/A 7 American  

  1. (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.

  2. deposit account.

  3. documents against acceptance.

  4. documents for acceptance.

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.

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

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Intuitive sees worldwide da Vinci procedure growth of roughly 13.5% to 15.5% for the full year, up from an earlier range of 13% to 15%.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

None of us ever met Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco da Gama, the great explorers of history, but for more than 50 years astronauts have walked among us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The research was carried out during the doctoral work of Natara Dias Gomes da Silva at FOB-USP.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Mr. da Silva’s aims may be worthy, but he misses the mark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Back in Florence, Leonardo da Vinci spends his time not accepting commissions but fending them off.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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