Ammon

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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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 of 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.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin Ammōn, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), itself from Egyptian
imn
n
A40
(jmn).

Proper noun

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Ammon

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Amun
    • 1898, Mary E. Bamford, Out of the Triangle[1]:
      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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Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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Ammon

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

Anagrams

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Chuukese

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Etymology

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From ammon (preparation).

Noun

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Ammon

  1. Saturday

German

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Proper noun

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Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun

Declension

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian
imn
n
A40
(jmn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ammōn m sg (genitive Ammōnis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ammōn
Genitive Ammōnis
Dative Ammōnī
Accusative Ammōnem
Ablative Ammōne
Vocative Ammōn

Descendants

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  • English: Ammon

References

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  • 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.