AMMONITE


Meaning of AMMONITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-mə-ˌnīt ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin Ammonites, from Hebrew ‘Ammōn 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

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