Meanings
Amman1
proper noun
- The capital city of Jordan.
- metonymicallyThe Jordanian government.
- A governorate of Jordan around the capital.
Amman2
proper noun
- A river in Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.
Amman3
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Mariamman (“rain goddess”).
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Origin
Amman · proper noun
- Arabicعَمَّان
- Arabicعَمَّان
- EnglishAmman
Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια
- Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia)the capital of Jordan
Arabic عَمَّان
- عَمَّان (ʕammān)the capital of Jordan
Bengali আম্মান
- আম্মান (amman)the capital of Jordan
Bulgarian Ама́н
- Ама́н (Amán)the capital of Jordan
Catalan Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Chinese Cantonese 安曼
- 安曼 (on¹ maan⁶)the capital of Jordan
Chinese Mandarin 安曼
- 安曼 (Ānmàn)the capital of Jordan
Czech Ammán
- Ammánthe capital of Jordan
Danish Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Dutch Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Esperanto Amano
- Amanothe capital of Jordan
Estonian Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Finnish Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
French Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
German Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Greek Αμμάν
- Αμμάν (Ammán)the capital of Jordan
Hebrew רבת עמון, רַבָּה
- רבת עמון (rabat amon)the capital of Jordan
- רַבָּה (rabba)the capital of Jordan
- עַמָּאן (amman)the capital of Jordan
Hindi अम्मान
- अम्मान (ammān)the capital of Jordan
Hungarian Ammán
- Ammánthe capital of Jordan
Icelandic Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Indonesian Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Italian Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Japanese アンマン
- アンマン (Anman)the capital of Jordan
Korean 암만
- 암만 (Amman)the capital of Jordan
Latvian Ammāna
- Ammānathe capital of Jordan
Lithuanian Amanas
- Amanasthe capital of Jordan
Malay Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Norwegian Bokmål Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Persian عمان, امان
- عمان ('Ammân)the capital of Jordan
- امان (Amân)the capital of Jordan
Polish Amman, Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
- Ammanriver in Wales
Portuguese Amã
- Amãthe capital of Jordan
Romanian Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Russian Амма́н
- Амма́н (Ammán)the capital of Jordan
Slovak Ammán
- Ammánthe capital of Jordan
Spanish Amán, Ammán
- Amánthe capital of Jordan
- Ammánthe capital of Jordan
Swedish Amman
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
Tagalog Aman
- Amanthe capital of Jordan
Thai อัมมาน
- อัมมาน (ammaan)the capital of Jordan
Turkish Amman, Filadelfiya
- Ammanthe capital of Jordan
- Filadelfiyathe capital of Jordan
Ukrainian Амма́н
- Амма́н (Ammán)the capital of Jordan
Urdu عمان
- عمان ('ammān)the capital of Jordan
Vietnamese Am-man
- Am-manthe capital of Jordan
Welsh Aman
- Amanriver in Wales
Yiddish אַמאַן
- אַמאַן (aman)the capital of Jordan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Amman
jangonedanIranjeanTaiwanPakistanjuansudanMilanOmanAzerbaijanAvonnirvanaBhutankhanafghanyuankanRajasthanMcMahonshamanHunanWuhan
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Cite this entry
APA
Amman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amman
MLA
“Amman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Amman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amman.
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