Definitions for "Ammon"
Ammon or Ammonites (עַמּוֹן "People", Standard Hebrew ʻAmmon, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAmmôn), also referred to in the Bible as the "children of Ammon," were a people living east of the Jordan river who along with the Moabites traced their origin to Lot, the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, and who were regarded as close relatives of the Israelites and Edomites.
There are two people named Ammon in the Book of Mormon (indexed as Ammon1 and Ammon2). The first led the people of King Limhi from the land of Nephi back to Zarahemla. The second was one of the sons of King Mosiah.