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dagan

/dˈeɪɡən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
da-gan
IPA
/dˈeɪɡən/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hebrew.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: דָּגָן

Inflected Forms

Dagans (plural)

Homonyms

deighan

Rhymes With

reagan megan pagan hagen sagan hagan kagan fagan dagon ragan bagan geoghegan

Questions

How do you pronounce dagan?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈeɪɡən/.
What does dagan mean?
A surname from Hebrew.
Where does dagan come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce dagan

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