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Amman¹

  • /əˈmɑːn/ UK
  • /ɑːˈmɑːn/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːn

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Jordan.
  2. metonymically The Jordanian government.
  3. A governorate of Jordan around the capital.

Similar: Philadelphia

Amman²

proper noun

  1. A river in Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.

Amman³

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Tamil அம்மன் (ammaṉ).

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Mariamman (“rain goddess”).

    Similar: Mariamman

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bahrain, oman, beirut, baghdad, omani, jordanian, tonga, jordan, capital, manchester, haman, mann, aman, zarqa, asmara, damascus

proper noun

Similar: Philadelphia

Translations

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name the capital of Jordan

EspañolAmán, Ammán
한국어암만 Amman
日本語アンマン Anman
中文安曼 Ānmàn
हिन्दीअम्मान ammān
PortuguêsAmã
FrançaisAmman
DeutschAmman
ItalianoAmman
ΕλληνικάΑμμάν Ammán
RomânăAmman
РусскийАмма́н Ammán
Tiếng ViệtAm-man
العربيةعَمَّان ʕammān
עבריתרבת עמון rabat amon, רַבָּה rabba, עַמָּאן amman

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"Amman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/amman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Amman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/amman

Chicago

"Amman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/amman.

BibTeX
@misc{amman_2026,
  title = {Amman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}