n.
Pronunciation: ' a-m ə - ˌ n ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin Ammonites, from Hebrew 'Amm ō n Ammon (son of Lot), descendant of Ammon
Date: 1530
: a member of a Semitic people who in Old Testament times lived east of the Jordan between the Jabbok and the Arnon
– Ammonite adjective