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DAGON
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• DAGON (noun)
The noun DAGON has 1 sense:
1. god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Familiarity information: DAGON used as a noun is very rare.
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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