Society and history

Dabbawala

A dabbawala, or tiffin wallah, is a lunchbox deliveryman in Mumbai who collects home-cooked meals from homes each morning and delivers them to workplaces, a cooperative service running since 1890.

Dabiq (دابق) was the Islamic State's official English-language propaganda magazine, published by al-Hayat Media Center in 15 issues from July 2014 to July 2016, then replaced by Rumiyah after the town of Dabiq fell.

Dabiša of Bosnia

Stjepan Dabiša, a member of the Kotromanić dynasty, was King of Bosnia from 1391 until his death in 1395, succeeding Tvrtko I and submitting to Hungary's King Sigismund in 1394.

Dabney L. Friedrich

Dabney L. Friedrich, also known as Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the District of Columbia since 2017.

Dabotap Pagoda

Dabotap Pagoda, meaning "Pagoda of Abundant Treasures," is an ornate mid-8th-century stone Buddhist pagoda at Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju, South Korea, designated National Treasure No. 20.

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Dabuya

Dabuya (دابویه) was an ispahbad of the Dabuyid dynasty and son of Gil Gavbara, who ruled Gilan and Tabaristan after the fall of the Sasanian empire.

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Dabuyid dynasty

The Dabuyid dynasty (دبویان) was a local dynasty of espahbads that ruled Gilan, Daylam, and Tabaristan on the Caspian coast until the Abbasid conquest in 761–762.

DAC Biotech (杭州多禧生物科技有限公司) (多禧生物)

DAC Biotech (杭州多禧生物), also known as Dexi Biotech, is a Chinese biotechnology company founded on 31 December 2012 in Hangzhou that develops antibody-drug conjugates for cancer.

Dacha

Dacha (дача): seasonal second home with garden plot used by urban Russians and post-Soviet city dwellers; from tsarist land grants through Soviet 600 m² garden plots to post-Soviet suburban homes.

Dachau concentration camp

Dachau, near Munich, was the first regular Nazi concentration camp, opened March 1933 and liberated by US forces April 29, 1945; over 200,000 prisoners passed through it and at least 40,000 died.

Dachau liberation reprisals

Dachau liberation reprisals: killings of SS guards by US soldiers and freed prisoners at Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945; about 39 deaths confirmed, with disputed higher claims.

Dacian Wars

The Dacian Wars were the conflicts between Rome and the Dacian kingdom north of the Danube, culminating in Emperor Trajan's two campaigns against King Decebalus in 101–102 and 105–106 CE.

Dacians

Dacians, called Getae in Greek sources, were a Thracian-origin people north of the lower Danube; unified under Burebista and Decebalus, they fought Domitian and Trajan and were conquered in 106 CE.

Dacoity

Dacoity, also called gang robbery (ḍakaitī), is the Indian offence of robbery committed or attempted by five or more persons conjointly, punishable with life imprisonment or up to ten years, now under BNS Section 310.

Dactyls (Δάκτυλοι) (mythology)

Dactyls (Δάκτυλοι, Idaean Dactyls) are Greek mythological daimones of Mount Ida, credited with discovering iron smelting, magic, and the mysteries, related to Curetes, Corybantes, and Cabeiri.

Dad bod

Dad bod (also dadbod) is a slang term for a soft, mildly muscular male physique with a belly, coined in Mackenzie Pearson's viral 2015 Clemson blog post, later studied as a masculinity phenomenon and added to Merriam-Webster in 2025.

Dada-JD Daojia (达达-京东到家)

Dada-JD Daojia (达达-京东到家), later Dada Group, is a Chinese local on-demand delivery and retail platform headquartered in Shanghai, formed by a 2016 merger and wholly owned by JD.com since 2025.

Dadabhai Group

The Dadabhai Group is a family-owned Bahraini conglomerate headquartered in Manama, founded in 1950 by Ahmed Ali Dadabhai and active in construction, real estate, and hospitality.

Dadabhai Naoroji (દાદાભાઈ નવરોજી)

Dadabhai Naoroji (દાદાભાઈ નવરોજી), known as the "Grand Old Man of India", was a founder of the Indian National Congress and the first Indian elected to the British Parliament, in 1892.

Dadabhoy Group of Companies

The Dadabhoy Group of Companies is a Karachi-based Pakistani family business group, founded by cotton trader Abdul Ghani Dadabhoy, spanning cement, sanitary ware, insurance, and housing.

Dadaji Bhuse

Dadaji Bhuse, born 1964, in Malegaon, Nashik, is an Indian Shiv Sena politician serving as Maharashtra's school education minister, elected five consecutive times from Malegaon Outer.

Dadanitic inscriptions

Dadanitic inscriptions, also known as Dedanite inscriptions, are a corpus of roughly 2,000 stone texts carved at al-ʿUlā in northwest Saudi Arabia between about 600 and 100 BCE.

Dadanitic script

The Dadanitic script, formerly called Dedanite, is an Ancient North Arabian script used at the oasis of Dadan in northwest Arabia between the 6th and 1st centuries BCE.

Dadasig

Dadasig is a legendary king of Kish, second ruler of the second Kish dynasty in the Sumerian King List, credited with a symbolic 81-year reign.

Daddy-O Daylie

Daddy-O Daylie, born Holmes Daylie, was an American radio disc jockey in Chicago whose jazz shows ran from 1948 until his retirement in 1988; he was credited with popularizing bebop.

Dade Massacre

The Dade Massacre, also called the Dade Battle, was the killing of 108 of 110 US soldiers under Major Francis Dade by Seminoles in Florida in 1835.

Dade Phelan

Dade Phelan is an American Republican politician from Southeast Texas who represents District 21 in the Texas House and served as its 76th Speaker, after chairing the State Affairs Committee.

Daði Már Kristófersson

Daði Már Kristófersson is an Icelandic economist and Reform Party politician, a former University of Iceland professor serving as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs since 2024.