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da

1
or Da

[ duh; Italian dah; Portuguese duh, dah ]

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

[ dee-ey ]

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

3

[ dah ]

adverb

Russian.
  1. yes.

DA

4
  1. Department of Agriculture.
  2. Dictionary of Americanisms.

da.

5

abbreviation for

  1. daughter.
  2. day; days.

DA.

6

abbreviation for

  1. (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.

D/A

7
  1. (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.
  2. deposit account.
  3. documents against acceptance.
  4. documents for acceptance.

D.A.

8

abbreviation for

  1. delayed action.
  2. direct action.
  3. District Attorney.
  4. documents against acceptance.
  5. documents for acceptance.
  6. doesn't answer; don't answer.

D/A

1

abbreviation for

  1. deposit account
  2. commerce documents against acceptance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

DA

2

abbreviation for

  1. (in the US) District Attorney
  2. Diploma of Art
  3. duck's arse (hairstyle)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of da1

< Italian da Latin ŧ about, concerning + ab, ā from; < Portuguese da, contraction of de of, from (< Latin ŧ ) + a feminine singular definite article (≪ Latin illa that)

Origin of da2

A euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass
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Bolsonaro has been ordered to stand trial after charges that he directed an alleged right-wing coup attempt after he lost the 2022 presidential election to the left-wing President Lula da Silva.

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Its executive director, Jorge Moreira da Silva, said it was "not an accident".

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The defensive line that lost Poona Ford and Morgan Fox, who signed with the Rams and the Atlanta Falcons, respectively, reloaded with Naquan Jones and Da’Shawn Hand.

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Da Lan, not her real name, applied for a "beauty consultant" job at a clinic in Chengdu, south-western China, on a popular recruitment website in March 2024.

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Da Lan says she was given less than an hour to decide.

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