Ammon

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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/
  • Audio:(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

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.