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da⋅go
[dey-goh] 
–noun, plural -gos, -goes. (often initial capital letter
) Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
) 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
1715–25, Americanism; alter. of Diego < Sp: a given name
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.] |
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Dago
Da"go\ (d[=a]"g[-o]), n.; pl. Dagos (-g[=o]z). [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.] A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]
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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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