Ammon
Americannoun
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the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
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the ancient country of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River.
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Example Sentences
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That same 2023 conference included a session moderated by Ammon Simon, a Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
That standoff lasted 41 days; Ammon Bundy and other leaders of the occupation were ultimately pulled over and arrested while attempting to travel by car to a nearby meeting.
From Slate • May 4, 2023
Imad al-Adwan was detained on Saturday night at the Allenby Bridge crossing, Jordan's Ammon news agency reported.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023
“Promession,” the title of Benjamin Bertocci’s Von Ammon Co. show, refers to a theoretical method of disintegrating cadavers by freeze-drying.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
To him the elders went; he was to be their leader in fighting against the sons of Ammon.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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