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Dao

//daʊ// name, noun, slang

Proper Noun

1
Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life. Chinese, alt-of, alternative
2
Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
3
Alternative form of Tao (“the way of nature, or ideal way to live one's life”). Chinese, alt-of, alternative

Noun

1
Any of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
2
Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China. historical, uncountable, usually
3
Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife or sword”). alt-of, alternative
4
A sword and construction tool of the Naga people of India, which has a wooden hilt and grows wider from the narrow hilt to the wide, flat tip.
5
Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.

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6
Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7
Abbreviation of descending aorta. abbreviation, alt-of
8
The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.
9
Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
10
Initialism of data access object, a design pattern. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
11
Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for revolving cylinder and semi-automatic firearms. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
"As the name suggests, DAOs are autonomous entities that subsist independently from any legal or moral entity. After they have been created and deployed onto the internet, they no longer need (nor heed) their creators."

Etymology 1

From Chinese 刀 (dāo, literally “single-edged blade”). Possibly a doublet of dah.

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").

Etymology 3

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").

Etymology 4

Likely related to one of the preceding words ("Chinese sword", "Burmese knife") or from Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali দাও (daō).

Etymology 5

From Tagalog or Cebuano dao.

Etymology 6

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 道 (dào, literally “The Way”).

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