da

UK: /diːˈeɪ/

US: 'DA': (dē′ā′); 'da': (də; It. dä; Port. də, dä)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

da  (də; It. dä;
Port. də, dä), prep. 

1. from;
   of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin):
   Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.

Also, Da. 

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

da  (dä), adv., n. [Russian.]

1. Foreign Terms yes.

DA, 

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

DA  (dē′ā′), n., pl. DAs, DA's. 

1. Clothing a male hairstyle, esp. of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.

• euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass

DA., 

1. Currency (in Algeria) dinar;
   dinars.

da., 

1. daughter.
2. day;
   days.

D/A, 

1. Business (sometimes l.c.) days after acceptance.
2. Business deposit account.
3. Business documents against acceptance.
4. Business documents for acceptance.

D.A., 

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

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

DA or D.A.,an abbreviation of:

1. District Attorney.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

DA abbreviation

1. (in the US) District Attorney
2. Diploma of Art
3. duck's arse (hairstyle)