Ammon

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ammon), from the root ע־מ־ם.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈɛə̯mɪ̈n]
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æmən
  • Hyphenation: Am‧mon

Proper noun

Ammon

  1. (historical) An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
  2. A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A city in Bonneville County, Idaho.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.
  5. An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia.
Derived terms
Translations

Proper noun

Ammon

  1. (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.
Derived terms

Proper noun

Ammon

  1. (obsolete) A river in Scotland now called Almond.

Anagrams

Chuukese

Etymology

From ammon (preparation).

Noun

Ammon

  1. Saturday

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamɔn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ammon” in Duden online
  • Ammon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ammōn m sg (genitive Ammōnis); third declension

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun (Egyptian god identified with Jupiter)

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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