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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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“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

The oath was by Shamash, Dagan, Idur-mêr and Isar-lim the king.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)