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):

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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.

Derived terms

• Ammonite

Translations

an ancient people of Israel

• Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 (ʿmn)
• Hebrew: עַמּוֹן (amon)
• Portuguese: Amom
• Russian: аммонитя́не m pl (ammonitjáne)
• Spanish: Amón m

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

• Ammon's horn

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ammon

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

Anagrams

• Moman

Chuukese

Etymology

From ammon (“preparation”).

Noun

Ammon

1. Saturday

German

Alternative forms

• Amun, Amon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɔn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)

1. (Egyptian mythology) Amun

Declension

Declension of Ammon [sg-only, masculine, strong]

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

Derived terms

• Ammonshorn

Related terms

• Ammonit

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hammōn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.moːn/, [ˈämːoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.mon/, [ˈämːon]

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.