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DAGON

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Overview

DAGON (noun)
  The noun DAGON has 1 sense:

1. god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistinesplay

  Familiarity information: DAGON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DAGON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

God of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

Domain region:

Philistia (an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times)

Phenicia; Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)


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