amman
アンマン
解説 Definition
Amman は、ヨルダンの首都アンマンを指す固有名詞です。中東にある都市名として、地理や旅行の文脈で使われます。
Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan, located in the north-central part of the country. The name is used as a proper noun in geographical, political, business, and travel contexts concerning the city.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
都市名なので通常 Amman と大文字で書き、ヨルダンの首都を指します。綴りは A-m-m-a-n と中央の m が二つです。Amman, Jordan や the capital of Jordan という組み合わせで覚え、古代の Ammon と綴りが似ていても、現代都市名は第2母音が a である点を確認しましょう。
Write Amman with a capital A because it is a city name, and notice the double m in A-m-m-a-n. Fix it in memory through the phrase “Amman, the capital of Jordan.” Picture an airport journey, conference, or city map in Jordan to connect the word with real travel and geography. The city’s modern name is historically related to ancient Ammon, but keep the spellings separate: Amman is the present-day capital, while Ammon refers to the ancient kingdom and people.
例文
Amman is the capital of Jordan.
アンマンはヨルダンの首都です。
She took a bus from the airport to Amman.
彼女は空港からアンマンまでバスに乗りました。
The conference will be held in Amman next spring.
その会議は来年の春にアンマンで開かれます。
amman の類義語・関連語
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amman の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Amman は英語でヨルダンの首都名を表す固有名詞で、アラビア語 ʿAmman（アンマン）から入った語です。さらに古代セム系の地名 Rabbath Ammon / Ammon に連なり、古王国アモン人の都の名が現代まで残った形です。関連語は Ammon、Ammonite。
English Amman comes from Arabic ʿAmmān, the modern name of Jordan’s capital. The name continues an ancient Semitic place-name associated with Rabbath Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites. In the Greco-Roman period the city was called Philadelphia, but the older regional name later re-emerged in Arabic. Amman is therefore a borrowed proper name, not a word formed from English prefixes or suffixes.
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