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Dada
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Appendix:Variations of "dada"
English
Etymology
From en fr dada hobby horse.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɑːdɑː/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dada.wav Southern England
Noun
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en Q6034A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.
en Ara Merjian How World War I gave birth to the modern w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/opinion/merjian-art-modern-wwi/index.html/RK=0/RS=BExqctfav6SfPUfIVY1LkIu17tE- 2014-10-30 Ironically enough, it was the anti-war stirrings of Dada that bore out its most immediate influence, first in Switzerland and then post-war Berlin.
Derived terms
en Dadaesque Dadaist Neo-Dada
Translations
cultural movement dadaism
Catalan: ca dadà m, ca dadaisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 達達主義
Czech: cs dadaismus m
Dutch: nl dadaïsme n, nl dada n
Finnish: fi dadaismi, fi dada
German: de Dadaismus m
Hebrew: he דאדא m dáda, he דאדאיזם m dadaízm
Polish: pl dadaizm m
Russian: ru дадаи́зм m
Spanish: es dadaísmo m, es dadá m
Ukrainian: uk дадаї́зм m
Anagrams
en aadd Adad adda daad
en Modern art
Yoruba
Etymology
The given name (Sense 1) is believed to be derived from the name of the divinity (Sense 2)
Pronunciation
Dàda
Proper noun
Dàda
yo unisex, an yo orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to a child born with long curly hair or locks
yo a kò gbọ́dọ̀ gé irun-un Dàda láìṣe-ètùtù; bí a bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ọmọ yìí yóò kú We must not cut the hair of Dada without doing the proper rites, if we do not do so, the child will die
An orisha of nature, plants, and children. They are identified as an older sibling of yo Ṣàngó and associated as the deification of the yo Aláàfin of yo Ọ̀yọ́, yo Àjàká. They are believed to be a protecter of Dàda children.
yo Àjàká Àwúru Baáyànnì
Derived terms
yo dàda dreadlocks
yo Yoruba religion