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Eda
//iː.də// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Economic Development Administration. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"The EDA is a 170-person agency that focuses on job growth and regional economic development across the United States."
- 2 A female given name from Old English.
"Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship."
- 3 A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.
Noun
- 1 Initialism of electoral district association. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 Initialism of electronic debit account. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 3 Initialism of event-driven architecture (a pattern promoting the production, detection, consumption of, and reaction to events.) abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of electronic design automation (collective name for software used to design integrated semiconductor circuits.) abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Etymology
From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
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