Jordan — English Dictionary

Jordan
Pronunciations (5)
  • /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Received-Pronunciation
  • /ˈd͡ʒoːdən/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Australia
    • British
    • New-Zealand
    • Southern
    • Standard
  • /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
    Pronunciation notes
    • General-American
  • /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Southern-US
  • /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Southern-US

Proper noun

  1. A placename: A river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan.

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  2. A placename: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman.

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    Related words
    Countries of the world
    Examples
    More examples (2)

    Early the next morning I met with King Hussein of Jordan and then drove to the airport with the shah. All three of us agreed that we ought to give Sadat our support, and on the basis for a Middle East peace.

    Ghamr and Baqura became part of Jordan after the country gained independence from Britain in 1946. The areas were later seized by Israel but eventually incorporated into a peace treaty between the two countries in 1994. The treaty included a long-term lease that would allow Israeli farmers to cultivate the land.

  3. A placename: The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).

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  4. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.

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  5. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.

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  6. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.

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  7. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.

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  8. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Scott County, Minnesota.

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  9. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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  10. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.

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  11. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.

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  12. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Onondaga County, New York.

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  13. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.

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  14. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.

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  15. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Green County, Wisconsin.

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  16. A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.

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  17. A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.

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  18. A placename: A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.

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  19. A placename: A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092).

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  20. A placename: An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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    Examples

    Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.

    At least five people have died and over 30 have been injured after a fire broke out in a building in Jordan on Wednesday morning.

  21. A placename: Places in the Philippines: A barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

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  22. A placename: Places in the Philippines: A municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines.

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  23. A placename: Places in the Philippines: A barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines.

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  24. A unisex given name from Hebrew. A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.

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    Examples
    More examples (2)

    I call him Jordan and it will do. He has no other name before or after. What was there to call him, fished as he was from the stinking Thames? A child can't be called Thames, no and not Nile either, for all his likeness to Moses. But I wanted to give him a river name, a name not bound to anything, just as the waters aren't bound to anything.

    Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.

  25. A unisex given name from Hebrew. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.

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  26. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

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