Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
d.a. is a noun meaning "a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus". It carries one recorded sense.
a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for d.a. come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.