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• dago
  dago

  noun

  a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
• Dagö
  Dagö

  noun

  Swedish name of Hiiumaa.

dago

¹ American  

[dey-goh] / ˈdeɪ goʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

• dagos,
  plural
• dagoes
  plural

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.

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Dagö ² American  

[dahg-œ] / ˈdɑgˌœ /

noun

1. Swedish name of Hiiumaa.

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dago British  

/ ˈdeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. derogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dagoes
  plural
• dagos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dago

1715–25, alteration of Diego < Spanish: a given name

Example Sentences

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dago dagos

Where'er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago, As for the deil, he daur na steer him.—Iram, coram, dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

But please transmit th' enclosed letter,—Igo, and ago, Which will oblige your humble debtor.—Iram, coram, dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

So may he hae auld stanes in store, Igo and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore, Iram, coram, dago.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

So may ye hae auld stanes in store,—Igo, and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore.—Iram, coram, dago, So may ye get in glad possession,—Igo, and ago, The coins o' Satan's coronation!—Iram coram dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

"Hey!" he cries, and pats his knee, "Igo and Ago, My twin bairnies, ride wi' me— Iram, coram, dago!"

From The Book of Joyous Children by Will Vawter

Amui dapag pay, kano, gogoabna, yan tomagoda ut sīa nangidawisan isan panganda ay patok ut dagos naoto.

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by C. R. Moss

The true derivation is from dagos, "good," and deivos, "god," though Dr. Stokes considers Dagda as connected with dagh, whence daghda, "cunning."

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch