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da⋅go

  [dey-goh]
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–noun, plural -gos, -goes. (often initial capital letter) Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
Origin:
1715–25, Americanism; alter. of Diego < Sp: a given name

Dag⋅ö

  [dahg-œ]
–noun
Danish name of Hiiumaa.

Hii⋅u⋅maa

  [hee-oo-mah]
–noun
an island in the Baltic, W of and belonging to Estonia. 373 sq. mi. (965 sq. km).
Danish, Dagö.
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da·go also Da·go   (dā'gō)   
n.   pl. da·gos also Da·gos or da·goes also Da·goes Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for an Italian, Spaniard, or Portuguese.

[Alteration of Spanish Diego, a given name, from Latin Iacōbus, Jacob.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

dago 
1823, from Sp. Diego "James," orig. used of Sp. or Port. sailors on Eng. or Amer. ships, by 1900 it had broadened to include non-sailors and shifted to mean chiefly "Italian."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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