Usually means: Fundamental concept in Chinese philosophy.
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  1. dao: Merriam-Webster
  2. Dao: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Dao, dao, dao: Wordnik
  4. DAO, Dao, dao: Wiktionary
  5. DAO: Dictionary.com
  6. DAO (album), DAO (disambiguation), DAO, Dao (Dungeons & Dragons), Dao (Naga sword), Dao (broadsword), Dao (disambiguation), Dao (film), Dao (game), Dao (state), Dao (surname), Dao (sword), Dao (weapon), Dao, The DAO (organization), The Dao: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Dao: Rhymezone
  8. DAO: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. DAO: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Spirits Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. Dao (disambiguation), The Dao, dao: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DAO, The Dao: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DAO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

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  1. dao: Urban Dictionary

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (DAo)

noun:  Any of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
noun:  (historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
noun:  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.
noun:  Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
noun:  The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.
noun:  (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life. [(Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.]
noun:  Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife or sword”) [The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.]
noun:  (petrochemistry) Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
noun:  (computing) Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.
noun:  (software engineering) Initialism of data access object, a design pattern. [(software engineering) An object in programming that provides an abstract interface to some type of persistence mechanism, providing some specific data operations without exposing details of the persistence layer.]
noun:  (firearms) Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for revolving cylinder and semi-automatic firearms.
noun:  (cryptocurrencies, Web3) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
noun:  (fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.
noun:  (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao (“the way of nature, or ideal way to live one's life”) [(Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.]
noun:  (anatomy) Abbreviation of descending aorta.

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