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Dagan

American

[dah-gahn] / ˈdɑ gɑn /

noun

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

Dagan British

/ ˈdɑːɡən /

noun

an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians

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“Suddenly there was a terrible boom,” Dagan said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

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

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

From BBC • Oct. 19, 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

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