Ammon

American  

[am-uhn] / ˈæm ən /

noun

1. the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.

2. the ancient country of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River.

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Ammon ¹ British  

/ ˈæmən /

noun

1. Old Testament the ancestor of the Ammonites

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Ammon ² British  

/ ˈæmən /

noun

1. myth the classical name of the Egyptian god Amen, identified by the Greeks with Zeus and by the Romans with Jupiter

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Example Sentences

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

Consumerism is a frequent theme at Von Ammon Co. gallery, so it’s unsurprising that its current show resembles a boutique, albeit an unusually gloomy one.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Independent candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy has raised about $200,000 this year.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Jupiter Ammon is represented as having borne, as a crest, a ram’s head, which Alexander the Great adopted in token of his pretended descent from that deity.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony