Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Mythology The Babylonian god of the earth.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the Mesopotanian god of agriculture and earth; it is a counterpart of Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
WordNet 3.0
- n. god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
Etymologies
- Akkadian; see dgn in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In a moment of rare praise for an Israeli in the Egyptian press, he called Dagan's actions against Israel's enemies "very brave.”
“Although Yankele pines for Clara Epstein Maya Dagan, a pretty, intelligent Polish Jew who coaches Yankele's prospective suitors in how to present themselves to a potential date, Clara is plagued with nightmares and dental pain resulting from medical experiments performed on her in a German concentration camp.”
The Huffington Post: George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen)
“Written by Shiri Artzi and directed by Eytan Fox (The Bubble, Walk on Water, Yossi & Jagger), Mary Lou is the story of a young gay Israeli man whose happiness is shattered in the middle of his 10th birthday party when his mother, Miriam Levi (Maya Dagan), abandons her family.”
The Huffington Post: George Heymont: Puttin' On The Glitz (Two Hot New Gay Movie Musicals)
“A series of paragraphs near the end conveyed the substance of conversations with Meir Dagan, the former head of Mossad; and everything that was credibly said by Dagan served to discredit the rest of the article.”
The Huffington Post: David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran
“Meir Dagan reasoned that an effective attack on Iran would be difficult because Iranian nuclear facilities are scattered and mobile, and because a strike would be liable to trigger war with Iran and possibly Syria.”
“Most notably, outgoing Mossad chief Meir Dagan warned, Israel will be mistaken to attempt to block 'the September move' and the UN's expected recognition of a Palestinian state.”
“When the Syrians went head-to-head, Dagan had more skill and anger over learning of Ashur's pimping betrayal, but Ashur fought dirty, blinding Dagan and rendering him useless as a gladiator.”
“Zooming in on Dagan's eye getting slashed was pretty brutal also, but the worst scene was Melitta's foreshadowing nightmare in which Gannicus is impaled through the back of his neck while he's doing the deed with her.”
“Photos top to bottom: Isaac Mizrahi's salmon-leather dress, photo © Mackenzie Stroh; Chaise lounge designed by Ezri Tarazi from bamboo sustainably collected in China's Yunnan Province, photo © Udi Dagan; Paulina Reyes, a designer from kate spade new york, learning traditional weaving techniques in Salvatierra, Bolivia, photo © Ami Vitale.”
“Photos top to bottom: Isaac Mizrahi's salmon-leather dress, photo © Mackenzie Stroh; Chaise lounge designed by Ezri Tarazi from bamboo sustainably collected in China's Yunnan Province, photo © Udi Dagan; Paulina Reyes, a designer from kate spade new york, learning traditional weaving techniques in Salvatierra, Bolivia, photo © Ami Vitale.”
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