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ADA^¹

noun ADAs · assistant DA · assistant D.A. · assistant D. A. · A.D.A. · A. D. A.

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of adenosine deaminase, the enzyme that specifically affects RNA. See ADAR.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of assistant district attorney
abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of anti-doping agency
abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of azodicarbonamide
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of autodestructive art

proper noun A.D.A. · A. D. A.

US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of American Dental Association
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Americans for Democratic Action
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Americans with Disabilities Act
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of American Diabetes Association
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Air Defense Artillery
UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Association of Drainage Authorities
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Antideficiency Act This information supplements (and should be read with) general guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for administering an agency shutdown of operations due to a lapse in appropriations, consistent with the Antideficiency Act (ADA) (

Ada^²

/ˈeɪdə/

Rhymes with -eɪdə

Where it comes from

Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.

proper noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages. Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?
An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages. If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.
A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.
A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

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@misc{ada_2026,
  title = {ADA},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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