Dagon

American  

[dey-gon] / ˈdeɪ gɒn /

noun

1. a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.

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Dagon British  

/ ˈdeɪɡɒn /

noun

1. Bible a god worshipped by the Philistines, represented as half man and half fish

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Etymology

Origin of Dagon

< Latin < Greek < Hebrew dāghōn

Example Sentences

The military statement said Kubota was detained in Yangon’s South Dagon township while taking pictures and videos of 10-15 protesters.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Lawyers for one of the researchers involved in the effort — Georgia Tech’s David Dagon — also said Durham’s description of events were misleading.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Mr. Antonakakis and Mr. Dagon reached out to Mr. Joffe to gain access to Neustar’s repository of DNS logs, people familiar with the matter said, and began sifting them.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

The junta also denied Myanmar News portal report that security forces had arrested two doctors during a followup raid on their offices in the North Dagon district of Yangon.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2021

As the sea crashed around him and the deck rose and fell beneath his feet, he had seen Dagon s Feast and Red Tide slammed together so violently that both exploded into splinters.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin