Meanings
EDA1
plural EDAs
- CanadaabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of electoral district association.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismbusinessInitialism of electronic debit account.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of event-driven architecture (a pattern promoting the production, detection, consumption of, and reaction to events.)
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of electrodermal activity.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of exploratory data analysis.
- USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Economic Development Administration.
The EDA is a 170-person agency that focuses on job growth and regional economic development across the United States.
2013 July 9, Stacy Cowley, “Federal agency spent $3 million fighting non-existent malware”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024
Eda2
- 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.
1848, Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier, published 1848, page 142 - A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Englishead“riches”
- EnglishEda
From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
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Cite this entry
EDA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EDA
“EDA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EDA. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “EDA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EDA.
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