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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

The row of tall parasol trees that lined the inside of the school yard was festooned with more da- zi-bao, hanging like flowers from the branches.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

The trumpets blared again, da-DAAA da-DAAA da- DA da-DA da-DAAAAAAA.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The archaic and poetic Present Subjunctive forms duim, duint, perduit, perduint, etc., are not from the root da-, but from du-, a collateral root of similar meaning.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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