Dagan

American  

[dah-gahn] / ˈdɑ gɑn /

noun

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

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Dagan British  

/ ˈdɑːɡən /

noun

1. an earth god of the Babylonians and Assyrians

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Example Sentences

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

“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

In the earliest part of the list there are entered the names of Laurentius, Mellitus, and Justus, the second, third, and fourth archbishops of Canterbury, and then, with only one name between, comes Dagan.

From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)