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Amon (ä′mən)

noun

Egypt. Myth. a local god of fertility and life in Egyptian Thebes: later associated with Re as the chief deity of Egypt ( Amon-Re): identified by the Greeks (and Romans) with Zeus (and Jupiter)
also sp. Amun A′mun

Etymology: Egypt ymn Amūn; ? akin to ymn, to hide

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