Dado may refer to:

Architecture and joinery

Dado (architecture) In architecture, the dado is the lower part of a wall, below the dado rail and above the skirting board. The word is borrowed from Italian meaning "dice" or "cube", and refers to " die", an architectural term for the middle section of a pedest ...

, an architectural term for the lower part of a wall *

Dado rail A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is main ...

, a type of moulding fixed at mid-height horizontally to the wall *

Dado (joinery) A dado (US and Canada, ), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, ...

, a woodworking joint **

Dado set A dado set or dado blade is a type of circular saw blade, typically used with a table saw or radial arm saw, which is used to cut dadoes or grooves in woodworking Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, ...

, a circular saw blade used for cutting dado joints

People

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Dado is a diminutive of a nunber of given name and occasiolally a given name by itself. Notable people with the given name include: *

Audoin (bishop) Audoin (; AD 609 – on 24 August 684), venerated as Saint Audoin, was a Frankish bishop, courtier, hagiographer and saint. He authored ''Vita Sancti Eligii'' which outlines the life and deeds of Eligius, his close friend and companion in the ro ...

(609-686), Frankish bishop, courtier, chronicler and Catholic saint known as Dado * Dado,

Bishop of Verdun The Diocese of Verdun (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon. The Diocese of Verdun co ...

(880-923) *

Dado, Count of Pombia Dado (or Dadon) (died 980) was the Count of Pombia from 967. The ''comitatus'' of Pombia, in what is now Northern Italy, included Novara at the time. He was possibly the son of Adalbert, Count of Pombia, or possibly of Berengar II or his half-brot ...

(died 980), Italian nobleman * Diosdado

Dado Banatao Diosdado P. Banatao (born May 23, 1946) is a Filipino entrepreneur and engineer working in the high-tech industry, credited with having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transceiver chip, the fir ...

(born 1946), Filipino-American entrepreneur and engineer * Luis Dado Cavalcanti (born 1981), Brazilian football manager * David Dado Elazar (1925–1976), Israeli Army Chief-of-Staff * Salvador

Dado Marino Salvador "Dado" Marino (1915–1989) was a flyweight boxer from Honolulu, Hawaii, who became Undisputed World flyweight champion in 1950. He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title. Professional ...

(1915–1989), American flyweight world champion boxer * Edgardo

Dado Moroni Edgardo "Dado" Moroni (born 20 October 1962) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Biography Dado was born in Genoa, Italy and started playing piano at age four. A self-taught musician, by his mid-teens he was playing professionally around I ...

(born 1962), Italian jazz pianist and composer * Damir

Dado Polumenta Damir "Dado" Polumenta (born 29 August 1982) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin pop-folk recording artist. Life and career Polumenta was born into a Muslim family in Bijelo Polje, in northern Montenegro. His uncle Šako Polumenta is also a singer. In ...

(born 1982), Montenegrin pop-folk singer *

Dado Pršo Miladin "Dado" Pršo (born 5 November 1974) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional. He was included in the Monaco tea ...

(born 1974), Croatian football player *

Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri (; 9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional actor and a playboy and eccentric aristocrat, the 9th Prince of Cerveteri, 9th Marquess of Riano, 14th Count of Vignanello and Prince ...

(1924–2005), Italian playboy and occasional actor nicknamed "Dado" *

Dado Topić Adolf "Dado" Topić is a Croatian rock musician. He was the lead singer and founder of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band from the former Yugoslavia. From 1970 to late 1971, he was also the lead singer of the popular prog-rock band Korni Grupa ( ...

(born 1949), Croatian singer *

Dado (painter) Miodrag Đurić (; 4 October 1933 – 27 November 2010), known as Dado (), was a Montenegrin-born artist who spent most of his life and creative career in France. He is particularly known as a painter but was also active as an engraver, draft ...

, Yugoslavian-born painter Miodrag Đurić (1933–2010) *

Dado (street performer) Daniel Warr, also known as Mon Oncle le bossu or DADO, is a Canadian street performer, magician and clown. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been performing professionally under the stage name DADO for the pa ...

, stage name of Canadian street performer, magician and clown Daniel Warr () *

Little Dado Eleuterio Zapanta (nicknamed Little Dado; January 1, 1916 – July 7, 1965) was a flyweight boxer from the Philippines, who became World bantamweight champion in 1940 and World flyweight champion in 1941. Professional career Little Dado was o ...

, Filipino bantamweight and flyweight world champion boxer Eleuterio Zapanta (1916–1965) *

Speedy Dado Diosdado Posadas (December 25, 1906 – July 2, 1990), better known as Speedy Dado, was a Filipino boxer who contended for the world flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight championships. His managers included Frank Churchill, and Jesus Cortez ...

, Filipino boxer Diosdado Posadas (1906–1990)

Patronymic

Firehiwot Dado Firehiwot Tufa Dado (born January 9, 1984, in Assela, Arsi) is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the New York City Marathon in 2011 with a personal best time of 2:23:15 hours. She also took three consecutive victories in the R ...

(born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner

Other uses

Dado, Afghanistan Dado () is the district center of Zana Khan district, Afghanistan. It is located 30 km north-east of Ghazni on at 2,520 m altitude. The town is located within the heartland of the Andar tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.Dado (band) Dado is an Uzbekistani pop music duo consisting of brothers Alisher Madumarov and Rustam Madumarov, formed in Tashkent in 1999. The band was created by two former members of the band Anor. The duo became one of the most commercially successful pop ...

, an Uzbekistani pop band *

The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies () is a military studies department of the Israel Defense Forces aimed at operational level of war activities. It was named after '' rav aluf'' David "Dado" Elazar. (11 June 2020)"AI Si ...

, an Israeli strategy think tank inside the Israel Defense Forces * District Agriculture Development Office (DADO), local offices under Ministry of Agricultural Development (Nepal)

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