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oda

or o·dah

[ oh-duh, oh-dah ]

noun

, plural o·das, o·da, o·da·lar [oh-d, uh, -, lahr].
  1. a room within a harem.


ODA

abbreviation for

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 Overseas Development Administration, now superseded by the Department for International Development (DFID)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oda1

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

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