DA
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DA, da, or dA may refer to:
DA or D.A. is an acronym or abbreviation for:
- Da (play)Da (play)Da is a 1978 comedy play by Irish playwright Hugh Leonard.NOTE: Performed by the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane Australia in 1975....
, a Tony-winning play by Hugh Leonard - Da (film)Da (film)Da is a 1988 film directed by Matt Clark, produced by Julie Corman, and starring Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes, reprising his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance, and William Hickey...
, a movie adaptation of the play by Hugh Leonard - Adi DaAdi DaAdi Da Samraj , born Franklin Albert Jones in Queens, New York, was a spiritual teacher, writer and artist, and the founder of a new religious movement known as Adidam...
, a spiritual leader once known as Da Free John, and Da Love-Ananda - Da!, a Russian youth movement
- Da (political party)Da (political party)The Movement for Democracy and Aliyah , commonly known as Da , was a minor Israeli political party founded by immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s.-History:...
, a defunct Israeli political party - Da CountyDa CountyDa County is a county in Dazhou, Sichuan. In 1999, it had a population of 1,247,085 inhabitants.-External links:*...
, county in Sichuan, China - Da RiverBlack River (Vietnam)The Black River is a river located in China and northwestern Vietnam. Its source is in Yunnan Province of China...
in Vietnam - Dalton (unit), the atomic mass unit (symbol Da)
- Danish languageDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
(ISO 639-1 alpha-2 code da) - Deca- (symbol da), an SI prefix for a factor of 10
- Decaampere (symbol dA), an SI unit of electric current
- DeviantArtDeviantArtdeviantART is an online community showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others. deviantArt, Inc...
, an English speaking, American based website that focuses on art, which is commonly abbreviated to 'dA' - SJ DaSJ DaDa is a series of locomotives used by Statens Järnvägar of Sweden. 93 units were built by ASEA between 1953-60. They remained in service until the 1990s.-History:...
, a Swedish locomotive - Da., Occitan abbreviation for Dòna (Mrs.Mrs.Mrs or Mrs. is a honorific used for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title, such as Dr, Lady, or Dame. In most Commonwealth countries, a full stop is not used with the title...
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DA or D.A. is an acronym or abbreviation for:
- DA postal areaDA postal areaThe DA postcode area, also known as the Dartford postcode area, is a group of 18 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of 11 post towns...
- Dark Ages (computer game)Dark Ages (computer game)Dark Ages is a MMORPG based on Celtic mythology, originally developed by Nexon and now operated by KRU Interactive. It is loosely based on the Korean game called Legend of Darkness. The American version was developed by David Ethan Kennerly who based it somewhat on the works of horror writer H. P....
- DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, a town in middle Germany - Debtors AnonymousDebtors AnonymousDebtors Anonymous is a twelve-step program for people who want to stop incurring unsecured debt. Collectively they attend more than 500 weekly meetings in nine countries...
- Deerfield AcademyDeerfield AcademyDeerfield Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States. It is a four-year college-preparatory school with approximately 600 students and about 100 faculty, all of whom live on or near campus....
, a preparatory boarding school located in Deerfield, Massachusetts - Degtyarev Aviation-mountedDegtyarev light machine gunThe Пулемёт Дегтярёвa Пехотный or DP was a light machine gun firing the 7.62x54mmR cartridge that was used by the Soviet Union starting in 1928. It was cheap and easy to manufacture - early models had fewer than 80 parts and could be built by unskilled labour. The DP was especially able to...
, a Soviet machine gun - Democratic Alliance (South Africa), a South African political party.
- DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, a country in northern Europe (FIPS country code DA, obsolete NATO country code DA) - Department of AgricultureDepartment of Agriculture (Philippines)The Philippines' Department of Agriculture , abbreviated as DA, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for boosting the income of farmers as well as reducing the incidence of poverty in the rural sector, as stipulated inthe Government's Medium Term Philippine...
, an executive department in the Philippines - Desktop Authority, a software manufacturer of network administration products for Microsoft Windows-based networks, also known as ScriptLogic
- Deutsche Alternative (German Alternative), a rightist group
- DeviantArtDeviantArtdeviantART is an online community showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others. deviantArt, Inc...
, an online artistic community - Diploma in AnaestheticsRoyal College of AnaesthetistsThe Royal College of Anaesthetists is "the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom". It sets standards in anaesthesia, critical care, pain management, and for the training of anaesthetists, physician assistants - and practising critical care...
, an obsolete postgraduate qualification in anaesthetic practice - Dielectric absorption, a factor of permittivity for capacitors
- Directory assistanceDirectory assistanceIn telecommunications, directory assistance or directory enquiries is a phone service used to find out a specific telephone number and/or address of a residence, business, or government entity.-Technology:...
, a phone service used to find out the contact information of a residence, business, or government entity - District attorneyDistrict attorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
(D.A.), a United States Attorney or County attorney- The D.A. (1971 TV series), an NBC dramatic series
- The D.A. (2004 TV series), an ABC dramatic series
- Dragon AgeDragon AgeDragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise...
, a video game series created by Bioware- Dragon Age: OriginsDragon Age: OriginsDragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise...
, first game of the series, often just called Dragon Age
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Doctor of ArtsDoctor of ArtsThe Doctor of Arts is a discipline-based terminal doctoral degree that was originally conceived and designed to be an alternative to the traditional research-based Doctor of Philosophy and the education-based Doctor of Education . Like other doctorates, the D.A. is an academic degree of the...
degree - Domoic acidDomoic acidDomoic acid , the neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning , also known as zombie acid, is a kainic acid analog, heterocyclic amino acid associated with certain harmful algal blooms.-Occurrence:...
, a neurotoxin produced by phytoplankton - Domus Academy, a design school in Milan, Italy
- DopamineDopamineDopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter present in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this substituted phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five known types of dopamine receptors—D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5—and their...
neurotransmitter - Double action (disambiguation), various meanings
- Dominion Atlantic RailwayDominion Atlantic RailwayThe Dominion Atlantic Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley....
- Duck's AssDuck's AssThe Duck's Ass is a haircut style that was popular during the 1950s. It is also called the Duck's Tail, the Ducktail, or simply D.A.-History:...
or Duck's Arse, a hairstyle - Dumbledore's ArmyDumbledore's ArmyDumbledore's Army is a student organisation in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series that is founded by the main characters, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in order to stand up against the regime of Hogwarts High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge, as well as to learn practical Defence...
, a group in the Harry Potter series - United States Department of the ArmyUnited States Department of the ArmyThe Department of the Army is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency which the United States Army is organized within, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has...