Ammon
English
Etymology 1
From Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ammon), from the root ע־מ־ם.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ammon
- (historical) An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
- A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A city in Bonneville County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia.
Derived terms
Translations
an ancient people of Israel
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Ammon
- (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
Anagrams
Chuukese
Etymology
From ammon (“preparation”).
Noun
Ammon
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈamɔn/
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Proper noun
Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)
Declension
Declension of Ammon [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈam.moːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈam.mon]
Proper noun
Ammōn m sg (genitive Ammōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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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.