释义
[ ah-mahn , ah -mahn ] SHOW IPA
/ ɑˈmɑn, ˈɑ mɑn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
Also called Rabbath Ammon .
Words nearby Amman Amittai, amity, AML, A.M.L.S., AMM, Amman , Ammanati, ammeter, Ammianus, ammine, ammino
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Example sentences from the Web for Amman “When I was younger I wanted to learn Hebrew,” 23-year-old Palestinian named Yamen told me recently in Amman , Jordan.
Israel’s Murdered Teenagers and Dying Hopes for Peace | Sarah Shourd| July 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In Amman in the midst of the Iraq War, I had dinner one night with the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
Only Iraq Can Save Itself From Chaos | Jay Parini| June 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In an effort to save his doomed mission, he hopped on a helicopter from Amman to Ramallah.
John Kerry's Doomed Quest for Redemption | Maysoon Zayid| July 22, 2013| DAILY BEAST
They must advocate for the very thing their photo ops in Amman implied, infrastructural integration and political interdependence.
Israelis and Palestinians: Getting Down To Business | Bernard Avishai| June 24, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Longstanding Marine outreach efforts to tribal leaders, including in Amman , were finally paying off.
Iraq War 10th Anniversary: What Does Fiasco Mean? | John Kael Weston| March 18, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Here I found that the General had gone on to direct the operations which were then in progress round Amman .
With the Judans in the Palestine Campaign | J. H. (John Henry) Patterson
The country between the Jordan and Amman offered many obstacles to our advance.
With the British Army in The Holy Land | Henry Osmond Lock
Greetings, Colonel, it seems a long time since last we met in Amman .
Border, Breed Nor Birth | Dallas McCord Reynolds
Similar enclosures are found at Gerasa, Amman and other Syrian towns.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 | Various
Various other editions in German followed, with cuts by Amman .
The Grotesque in Church Art | T. Tindall Wildridge
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British Dictionary definitions for Amman noun the capital of Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: ancient capital of the Ammonites, rebuilt by Ptolemy in the 3rd century bc . Pop: 1 292 000 (2005 est) Ancient names: Rabbath Ammon , Philadelphia
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