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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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“From an economic point of view, for every EU country, the best possible decision is get rid of fossil fuels, electrify, buy more heat pumps, buy more renewables,” Oliveira da Silva said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said recently that "men are becoming increasingly inhuman and violent."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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

Fifteen miles from shore in Rhode Island, Giovanni da Verrazzano found trees so widely spaced that the forest “could be penetrated even by a large army.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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