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Amos

/ˈeɪ.məs/

Amos proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun

Amos

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
  4. A surname.
    • Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-fired plants.2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021
  5. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  8. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.

Noun capitalized: AMOs

AMOs

  1. (plural) plural of AMO

Amos meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

Amos in Hindi

figure mentioned in the Old Testament
आमोस āmos
book of the Old Testament
आमोस āmos

Amos in Tamil

book of the Old Testament
ஆமோஸ் āmōs

Amos in Telugu

book of the Old Testament
ఆమోసు āmōsu

Amos in Malayalam

book of the Old Testament
ആമോസിന്റെ പുസ്തകം āmōsinṟe pustakaṁ
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Amos in Odia
ଆମୋଷ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ āmoṣa bhabiṣyadbaktāṅka pustaka
Amos in Tagalog
Amos
Amos in Arabic
عَامُوس ʕāmūs, سِفْر عَامُوس sifr ʕāmūs
Amos in Malay
Amos
Amos in Thai
อาโมส
Amos in Myanmar
အာမုတ်အနာဂတ္တိကျမ် amut-a.nagatti.kyam

Origin of Amos

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Words that rhyme with Amos

Questions about Amos

What does Amos mean?
Amos means a male given name from Hebrew.
What is Amos in Hindi?
Amos in Hindi is आमोस (āmos). See Amos meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Amos?
Amos can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Amos?
Amos is pronounced /ˈeɪ.məs/.

Words near Amos in the dictionary

  1. amortizers
  2. amortizes
  3. amortizing
  4. Amoruso
  5. Amory
  6. Amos
  7. amoscanate
  8. Amosfield
  9. amosite
  10. amosites
  11. Amoskeag

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Amos (page history and authors); AMOs (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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