Ammon

[ am-uhn ]

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.

Ammon

¹

/ ˈæmən /

noun

1. Old Testament the ancestor of the Ammonites

Ammon

²

/ ˈæmən /

noun

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

Example Sentences

“Judge Barbadoro just put stopping Critical Race Theory back on the ballot in November,” Republican state Rep. Keith Ammon of New Boston posted on X.

From Seattle Times

Efforts seemed promising until January 2016, when the armed occupation of the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, led by far-right activist Ammon Bundy, made any type of environmental protection of the area too contentious an issue for politicians, according to Ryan Houston, executive director at the Oregon Natural Desert Association.

From Seattle Times

Finchem also supported Ammon Bundy’s armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in Oregon in 2016 as part of a militant group of officials called the Coalition of Western States.

From Seattle Times

In January 2016, Bundy’s eldest sons, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, and several other men who were at the Bundy ranch in 2014 led a weekslong standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

From Seattle Times

That same 2023 conference included a session moderated by Ammon Simon, a Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer.

From Salon