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. ˈAmun
Word origin
Egypt ymn Amūn; ? akin to ymn, to hide
Examples of 'Amon' in a sentence
Amon
Somewhere, far away, the priests of Amon were chanting the evening prayer.
Silverberg, Robert THEBES OF THE HUNDRED GATES (1992)