disa

¹ American  

[dee-suh, dahy-] / ˈdi sə, ˈdaɪ- /

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Disa in the orchid family, primarily found in Africa and Madagascar and having tuberous roots and usually white, purple, or red flowers.

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DISA ² American  

abbreviation

1. Defense Information Systems Agency: an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense providing information technology support to the U.S. military: formerly the Defense Communications Agency (DCA).

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Etymology

Origin of disa

First recorded in 1810–20; from New Latin, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

While drovin' and delvin' into de subject of Prohibition, I digs up plenty of data� not disa and dat-a�but data, data.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Janie, Lake Okechobee is forty miles wide and sixty miles long. Dat’s uh whole heap uh water. If dis wind is shovin’ dat whole lake disa way, dis house ain’t nothin’ tuh swaller.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

I tink um you savvy plenty heap much disa bay.

From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank

“No one on disa side da bridge, to see, disa time night.”

From The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity by Coombs, Francis Lovell

It is quite possible that the number of disa might have been altered from 8 to 10 when the formerly existing Virgo-Scorpio was split up into three separate signs.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various