dagon

IPA: dˈeɪgʌn

Root Word: Dagon

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.
Former name of Yangon.

Examples of "dagon" in Sentences

Philistine cities to which the term "Beth-dagon" is applied.
The Beth-dagon of Josh. 19: 27 was one of the border cities of
If Mr. Barrie gives his _a_ the broad sound, his "dagon" is nearly identical with "dog-on."
The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15: 41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches westward.
Typo: Sen. Graham is not from Tx. December 18th, 2005 at 7: 58 pm dagon says: hey judd you idiot, he is the senator from SC not TX.
Professor Sayce makes reference in this connection to a crystal seal from Phoenicia in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, bearing an inscription which he reads as Baal-dagon.
In the Arracan Temple in Mandalay, as in the Shway-dagon Pagoda in Rangoon, you see the gold leaf that Yunnan produces, and in the future will produce in infinitely greater quantities.
From Mandalay I went by train to Rangoon, where I lived in a pretty villa among noble trees on the lower slope of the hill which is crowned with the famous golden pagoda, the "Shway-dagon," the most sacred temple of Indo-China.