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AMMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Amman mean?
• AMMAN (noun)
The noun AMMAN has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Jordan
Familiarity information: AMMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Jordan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Amman; capital of Jordan
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Amman" is a part of...):
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jordan (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea)
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