oda

Or o·dah

[oh-duh, oh-dah]

noun

plural

odas, oda, odalar. 

1. a room within a harem.

ODA

abbreviation

1. Overseas Development Administration, now superseded by the Department for International Development (DFID)

Word History and Origins

Origin of oda¹

First recorded in 1615–25; from Turkish: “room”

Example Sentences

Oda House – I’m a sucker for Georgian food, which is rare where I live, so I jump at every chance to indulge.

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Oda House, with locations on the Upper East Side and in Brooklyn, delivers exactly that.

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Fruit sandwiches are typically made of sweetened, soft, spongy white bread filled with whipped cream and fruit, typically strawberries or clementine, says Shuko Oda, chef at Koya restaurant in London.

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But Whitehall officials and international charities have said the Home Office has no incentive to reduce ODA spending because the money does not come out of its budgets.

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Those cuts have been exacerbated by the government's reductions to the overall ODA budget.

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