"Dagon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dagon.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew דגון. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|דגון}} Hebrew דגון Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dagon
  1. The main god of the Phoenicians. Although at one time believed to be represented as half man and half fish, modern scholarship recognizes that the latter was the apkallu, while Dagan/Dagon was a grain god. Categories (topical): Gods Translations (main god of the Phoenicians): Δαγών (Dagṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), دَجون (Arabic), Դագոն (Dagon) (Armenian), Дагон (Dagon) (Bulgarian), Даган (Dagan) (Bulgarian), ⲇⲁⲅⲱⲛ (dagōn) (Coptic), Dagan (Esperanto), Dagon (Esperanto), დაგონი (dagoni) (Georgian), דגון (Hebrew), ダゴン (Japanese), 다곤 (dagon) (Korean), 다간 (dagan) (Korean), ദാഗൻ (dāgaṉ) (Malayalam), داگون (Persian), داجون (Persian), Даго́н (Dagón) [masculine] (Russian), เดกอน (Thai), Dagon (Turkish), Дагон (Dahon) (Ukrainian), דאַגאָן (dagon) (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dagon
  1. Former name of Yangon.
    Sense id: en-Dagon-en-name-42cooV~X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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