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How to spell dragon
What it means: A mythical creature that breathes fire.
In a sentence: The fierce dragon guarded the treasure in its cave.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as dragan or dragun.
Same family: dragons, dragon-like, dragonish, dragon-lady, monster. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: The word “dragon” comes from the Greek ‘drakōn,’ meaning ‘serpent’ or ‘huge sea fish.’ Over time, English speakers extended the word from the mythical fire-breathing creature to a metaphor for a fierce or terrifying woman.
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