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Amos

See also: amos, Amós, Āmos, -amos, and Ámós

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.məs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪməs

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Amos

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  5. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
  6. A surname.
    • 2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 12 August 2021:
      Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-fired plants.
  7. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
  8. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
    2. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
    3. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Amos m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • Amos's son: Amosson or Amosson
  • Amos's daughter: Amosardóttir or Amosdóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Amos
accusative Amos
dative Amosi
genitive Amosar, Amos

French

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Etymology

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The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

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Amos m

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. a city in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Derived terms

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German

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Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')

  1. Amos
  2. the book of Amos

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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Amos

  1. (Christianity) Amos
    2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
    4. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos

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Italian

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Etymology

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

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Amos m

  1. (religion) Amos
  2. book of Amos
  3. a male given name

References

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  1. ^ Amos in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

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Old Czech

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Pronunciation

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Amos m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Amos (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative Amos Amosy Amosi, Amosové
genitive Amosa Amosú Amosóv
dative Amosu, Amosovi Amosoma Amosóm
accusative Amosa Amosy Amosy
vocative Amose Amosy Amosi, Amosové
locative Amosu, Amosovi Amosú Amosiech
instrumental Amosem Amosoma Amosy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Proper noun

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Amos m (genitive Amois)

  1. (biblical) Amos
  2. (biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament
  3. a town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

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books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

Slovak

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

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Amos m pers

  1. (religion) Amos

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Amos

  1. Amos (biblical book and prophet)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Am

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Āmōs, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”). See also Ancient Greek Ἀμώς (Amṓs).

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Amós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. (biblical) Amos (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
  2. (biblical) Amos (a prophet, author of the book of Amos)

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Welsh

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Amos m (not mutable)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (“to carry a burden”), equivalent to English Amos
  2. (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos
  3. (biblical) The Book of Amos

Coordinate terms

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books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

References

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Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎[2], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 15

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