How Do You Spell AMMOBIUM?
Pronunciation: [amˈə͡ʊbi͡əm] (IPA) 
Ammobium, pronounced [aˈməʊbiəm], is a word that comes from the Greek root "ammo-" meaning sand and "-bios" meaning living. The spelling of the word is derived from the ancient Greek spelling and follows the English spelling rule with the doubled 'm' before the 'o' to indicate a short vowel sound. The 'b' after the 'm' represents the bilabial stop sound /b/ and the final '-ium' is a common suffix for scientific names of organisms, indicating that ammobium is an organism that can survive in sand.
