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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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About a hundred people from Israel and other West Bank settlements attended the ceremony, including Katz and Yossi Dagan, head of the Israeli authority in charge of settlements in the northern West Bank.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Dagan and Michael Almog – who went on to become Israel FA chief - developed the idea of a penalty shootout before writing an official proposal to Fifa in 1969.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Projection design by Yoav Dagan and Kirsti Cumming, in addition to depicting shifts in landscape, magnifies the characters’ etched faces in detail.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

“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 ● Jul. 15, 2023

We may, therefore, fix upon the ninth century as the terminus for the Dagan cult in Assyria.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

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