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Amman

/əˈmɑːn/US/ɑːˈmɑːn/

Amman proper noun: the capital city of Jordan.

Proper noun (1)

Amman

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

Proper noun (2)

Amman

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

Proper noun (3)

Amman

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

Amman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Amman in Hindi

the capital of Jordan
अम्मान ammān

Amman in Tamil

Amman, goddess
அம்மன் ammaṉ

Amman in Marathi

the capital of Jordan
अम्मान ammān

Amman in Urdu

the capital of Jordan
عمان 'ammān
More languagesFewer languages
Amman in Bengali
আম্মান amman
Amman in Malayalam
അമ്മാൻ ammāṉ
Amman in Pashto
عمان 'Amān
Amman in Tagalog
Aman
Amman in Arabic
عَمَّان ʕammān
Amman in Malay
Amman
Amman in Indonesian
Amman
Amman in Persian
عمان 'Ammân, امان Amân
Amman in Thai
อัมมาน ammaan
Amman in Vietnamese
Am-man
Amman in Myanmar
အမ်မန်မြို့ ammanmrui.

Synonyms of Amman

Origin of Amman

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Transliteration of Tamil அம்மன் (ammaṉ).

Words formed from Amman

Words that rhyme with Amman

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Questions about Amman

What does Amman mean?
Amman means the capital city of Jordan.
What is Amman in Hindi?
Amman in Hindi is अम्मान (ammān). See Amman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Amman?
Amman is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Amman?
Amman is pronounced /əˈmɑːn/ (UK).

Words near Amman in the dictionary

  1. Amlwch Port
  2. amm
  3. amma
  4. amma canteen
  5. amma canteens
  6. Amman
  7. Ammanford
  8. Ammani
  9. Ammanis
  10. Ammann
  11. Ammanns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Amman (page history and authors); அம்மன் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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