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Ammon

//ˈæm.ən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan. historical
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Amun. Egyptian, alt-of, alternative

    "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."

  3. 3
    Obsolete form of the Almond: a river in Scotland. alt-of, obsolete
  4. 4
    A community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.
  5. 5
    A city in Bonneville County, Idaho.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Bladen County, North Carolina.
  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Latin Ammōn, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), itself from Egyptian i-mn:n-A40 (jmn).

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