Ammon

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈɛə̯mɪ̈n]
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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 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

Etymology 2

    From Latin Ammōn, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), itself from Egyptian

    (jmn).

    Proper noun

    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.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    the Ammon

    1. Obsolete form of the Almond: a river in Scotland.

    Anagrams

    Chuukese

    Etymology

    From ammon (preparation).

    Noun

    Ammon

    1. Saturday

    German

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    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

      Borrowed 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.

      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.