English Explanatory Dictionary

Amos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.
  5. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
  8. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  9. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.
noun
  1. plural of AMO

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.məs/ En-us-Amos.oga

Word forms

Amos

Etymology

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

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