Dagan

[ dah-gahn ]
/ ˈdɑ gɑn /

noun

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

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Words nearby Dagan

daft, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, dag, da Gama, Dagan, Dagda, Dagenham, Dagestan, Dagestan Republic, dagga
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Dagan
/ (ˈdɑːɡən) /

noun

an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians
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