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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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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

On Monday, Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva wrote on his X account that Dagan should “leave” the country and apologize for his messages.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

“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 • May 12, 2023

Among the royal names, recognition was given to Ea and Dagan, Sin, Enlil, and Ishtar, indicating that Sumerian religion in its Semitized form was receiving general recognition.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander