Dagon

See also: dagon and dag-on

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew דגון.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn/

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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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:2:

     When the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 12–13:

     This day a ſolemn Feaſt the people hold / To Dagon thir Sea-Idol,

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 15:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

Translations

main god of the Phoenicians

• Arabic: دَجون
• Armenian: Դագոն (Dagon)
• Bulgarian: Дагон (Dagon), Даган (Dagan)
• Coptic: ⲇⲁⲅⲱⲛ (dagōn)
• Esperanto: Dagan, Dagon (eo)
• Georgian: დაგონი (dagoni)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Δαγών m (Dagṓn)

• Hebrew: דגון
• Japanese: ダゴン
• Korean: 다곤 (dagon), 다간 (dagan)
• Malayalam: ദാഗൻ (dāgaṉ)
• Persian: داگون, داجون
• Russian: Даго́н m (Dagón)
• Thai: เดกอน
• Turkish: Dagon (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дагон (Dahon)
• Yiddish: דאַגאָן (dagon)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dagon

1. Former name of Yangon.

Anagrams

• Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand, gonad