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da
1or Da
[ duh; Italian dah; Portuguese duh, dah ]
preposition
- from; of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin):
Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.
DA
2[ dee-ey ]
noun
, plural DAs, DA's.
- 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
3[ dah ]
adverb
, Russian.
- yes.
DA
4- Department of Agriculture.
- Dictionary of Americanisms.
da.
5abbreviation for
- daughter.
- day; days.
DA.
6abbreviation for
- (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.
D/A
7- (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.
- deposit account.
- documents against acceptance.
- documents for acceptance.
D.A.
8abbreviation for
- delayed action.
- direct action.
- District Attorney.
- documents against acceptance.
- documents for acceptance.
- doesn't answer; don't answer.
D/A
1abbreviation for
- deposit account
- commerce documents against acceptance
DA
2abbreviation for
- (in the US) District Attorney
- Diploma of Art
- duck's arse (hairstyle)
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Word History and Origins
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 da2
A euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass
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Example Sentences
Wordsworth never lets us long forget the deeply rooted stock from which he sprang,—vien ben dà lui.
From Project Gutenberg
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