Ammon

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ən/
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  • 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 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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Translations

Etymology 2

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

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.
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Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ammon

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

Anagrams

Chuukese

Etymology

From ammon (“preparation”).

Noun

Ammon

  1. Saturday

German

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun

Declension

Declension of Ammon
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Ammon
genitive eines des Ammons
dative einem dem Ammon
accusative einen den Ammon

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Descendants

  • → English: Ammon

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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