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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent [syn: wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural dagos or dagoes) Etymology: alteration of earlier diego, from Diego, a common Spanish given name Date: 1832 usually offensive a person of Italian or Spanish birth or descent

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) sl. offens. a foreigner, esp. a Spaniard, Portuguese, or Italian. Etymology: Sp. Diego = James

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Moby Thesaurus

Aussie, Boche, Canuck, Chink, Guinea, Hunk, Hunkie, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead, Mick, Mickey, Paddy, frog, greaseball, greaser, limey, wetback