Daw
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Daw or DAW may refer to:
People
Places
Other uses
People
- Daw (surname)Daw (surname)Daw is a surname.Those bearing it include:* John Daw , American Navajo military scout* Marjorie Daw , American* Leila Daw , American artist* Kinkar Daw , Indian cricketer* Carl P. Daw Jr...
- Daw (given name)Daw (given name)Daw is a given name.Those bearing it include:* Daw Meskine, a French Imam and Secretary General of the French Council for Imams* Daw Penjo, Bhutanese diplomat* Daw, the nickname of Dave McGrath, an Irish hurling player...
- Dâw peopleDâw peopleThe Dâw people are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest. They are living on the right bank of Rio Negro in an area commonly known as Alto Rio Negro...
, an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest - Daw, honorific used in Burmese names
Places
- Daw, MauritaniaDaw, MauritaniaDaw, Mauritania is a village and rural commune in Mauritania....
, village - Daw MillDaw MillDaw Mill is a coal mine located near the village of Arley in the English county of Warwickshire. The mine is Britain's biggest coal producer, mining a five-metre thick section of the Warwickshire Coalfield in the north of the county...
, a mine located in Warwickshire, England - Daw Park, South AustraliaDaw Park, South AustraliaDaw Park is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the City of Mitcham. The suburb is divided into two parts, with a smaller exclave separated from the larger southern part by a section of Colonel Light Gardens...
, a suburb of Adelaide - Daw's CastleDaw's CastleDaw's Castle is a sea cliff hill fort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537....
, Anglo Saxon hill fort in Somerset, England - Jabal Daw'Jabal Daw'Jabal Daw is a hill in Ras al-Khaimah.-References:*Gazeteer of the United Arab Emirates. Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency, 1987....
, a hill in Ras al-Khaimah
Other uses
- "D.A.W." (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Dâw languageDâw languageDâw is a Nadahup language spoken in the northwestern part of the Amazonas state of Brazil, in an area commonly known as Alto Rio Negro. The number of speakers is 94, and the language is spoken by the Dâw people, of which most also speak Nheengatu and Portuguese....
, the language spoken by the Dâw people in Brazil - DAW BooksDAW BooksDAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
, a publisher of science fiction and fantasy books - Digital audio workstationDigital audio workstationA digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio. DAWs were originally tape-less, microprocessor-based systems such as the Synclavier and Fairlight CMI...
, a hardware/software combination for managing the process of creating music digitally - See Saw Margery DawSee Saw Margery Daw"See Saw Margery Daw" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, folksong and playground singing game. The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose's Melody, published in London in around 1765...
, a nursery rhyme - Marjorie Daw (short story)Marjorie Daw (short story)"Marjorie Daw" is a short story by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. One of Aldrich's first short stories, and his most famous, it was first published in 1869 and remains in print to this day....
, 1869 work by Thomas Aldrich - Daw, a former name for the jackdawJackdawThe Jackdaw , sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or Western Jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow family. Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly sedentary, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter. Four subspecies are...
, a black bird related to crows and ravens - D.A.W, meaning "Dispense as written", an abbreviation used in medical prescriptions