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Amos

//ˈeɪ.məs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. 3
    A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
  4. 4
    A surname.

    "Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-fired plants."

  5. 5
    A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of AMO form-of, plural

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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