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 pedes ...

, 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, t ...

, a woodworking joint **

Dado set A dado set or dado blade is a type of circular saw blade, usually 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 cabinet makin ...

, a circular saw blade used for cutting dado joints

People

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

Bishop of Verdun The Bishopric of Verdun was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar. Some time in the late 990s, the suzerainty of the Count ...

(880-923) * Dado, Count of Pombia (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 firs ...

(born 1946), Filipino-American entrepreneur and engineer * Luis

Dado Cavalcanti Luis Eduardo Barros Cavalcanti (born 9 July 1981), known as Dado Cavalcanti, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is the current head coach of Náutico. Early life Born in Arcoverde and ra ...

(born 1981), Brazilian football manager * David Dado Elazar (1925-1976), Israeli Army Chief-of-Staff * Salvador Dado Marino (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 A self-taught musician, Dado, who was born in Genoa, Italy, started playing piano at age four. By his mid-teens he was playing professionally around ...

(born 1962), Italian jazz pianist and composer * Damir Dado Polumenta (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 team ...

(born 1974), Croatian football player *

Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri Alessandro "Dado", Principe Ruspoli (9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional actor and a playboy and eccentric aristocrat, the 9th Principe di Cerveteri, 9th Marchese di Riano, 14th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Roman Pa ...

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

Dado Topić Adolf "Dado" Topić (born 4 September 1950, Siverić at Drniš) is a rock musician from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer and founder of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band. From 1970 to late 1971, he was also the lead sin ...

(born 1949), Croatian singer * Dado (painter), Yugoslavian-born painter Miodrag Đurić (1933–2010) * Dado (street performer), stage name of Canadian street performer, magician and clown Daniel Warr () * Firehiwot Dado (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner

Other uses

* Dado, Afghanistan, the district center of Zana Khan district in Ghazni Province *

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 ( he, מרכז דדו לחשיבה צבאית בינתחומית) is a military studies department of the Israel Defense Forces aimed at operational level of war activities. It was named aft ...

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

Ministry of Agricultural Development (Nepal) The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is a governmental body of Nepal responsible for the growth and development of agriculture sector in the country. Local areas each have a District Agriculture Development Office (DADO). The Min ...

Architecture and joinery

People

Other uses

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