Ammon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæm.ən/
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈɛə̯mɪ̈n]
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- Rhymes: -æmən
- Hyphenation: Am‧mon
Proper noun
Ammon
- (historical) An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
- A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A city in Bonneville County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia.
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Proper noun
Ammon
- (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Amun
- 1898, Mary E. Bamford, Out of the Triangle:
- Here, over five hundred years before, had come the founder of Alexandria, Alexander the Great, to visit the oracle of Ammon, the god figured to be like a man having the head and horns of a ram.
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Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈamɔn/
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.moːn/, [ˈämːoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.mon/, [ˈämːon]
Proper noun
Ammōn m sg (genitive Ammōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ammōn |
Genitive | Ammōnis |
Dative | Ammōnī |
Accusative | Ammōnem |
Ablative | Ammōne |
Vocative | Ammōn |
References
- “Ammon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ammon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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