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Dagan

American  
[dah-gahn] / ˈdɑ gɑn /

noun

  1. the Mesopotamian god of agriculture and the earth: a counterpart of the Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.


Dagan British  
/ ˈdɑːɡən /

noun

  1. an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians

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The only other person who survived the standoff at the Cohen house, Hadas Dagan, told Channel 12 she was sure that a tank had fired at the house.

From Seattle Times

The actor was remembered by Variety's Carmel Dagan as "exceptionally prolific".

From BBC

“I don’t think it’s a celebration. It’s clear for everybody here that, unlike in other countries … of the world, there is a bigger meaning to this,” Dagan said.

From Seattle Times

“It’s exciting news, but at the same time it doesn’t tell us anything about whether the method has actually worked,” says Dagan Wells, a reproductive geneticist at the University of Oxford, UK.

From Scientific American

Safety concerns around altering the DNA of embryos have only grown in the past few years, says Dagan Wells, a gene-editing researcher at the University of Oxford.

From Science Magazine