Amman

[ ah-mahn, ah-mahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.

Amman

/ əˈmɑːn /

noun

1. the capital of Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: ancient capital of the Ammonites, rebuilt by Ptolemy in the 3rd century bc . Pop: 1 292 000 (2005 est) Ancient namesRabbath AmmonPhiladelphia

Example Sentences

Tamer Almisshal, a Gaza reporter for Al Jazeera, said at a media forum in Amman, Jordan, in September that Israeli intelligence officers called reporters and threatened them if they continued to report on the situation in Gaza.

From Los Angeles Times

We put in place the personnel in Amman and in Baghdad, and I mean, when the war came, CNN was well prepared, and especially CNN had a uh, a so called four wire, a method of transmitting back audio from the Al Rashid Hotel back to Oman, back to North America, down into CNN Center.

From Slate

The crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, lies almost exactly halfway between Amman and Jerusalem and is the only official crossing point between the West Bank and Jordan.

From BBC

“There could be more cases of paralytic polio until this outbreak is stopped and this virus will paralyse more children,” Dr Hamid Jafari, WHO director of polio eradication for the eastern Mediterranean, tells me from Amman.

From BBC

Bulos reported from Amman and Wilkinson from Washington.

From Los Angeles Times