Jordan

Etymology

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén, “Jordan (river)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːdən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːɹdən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dən

Proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

1. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
2. A river of the Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea, and after which the country is named.
3. A male given name.; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
   • 1989 Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press 1998, →ISBN, pages 3-4:

     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.

4. A surname​ derived from the male given name.
5. A female given name. used since mid-20th century.
6. a small town in Montana, USA, and the county seat of Garfield County.

See also

• Countries of the world

Anagrams

• Jardon

Etymology

From Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Michael Jordan
2. a male given name.
3. Jordan; a country in the Middle East
4. the Jordan River

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)
2. Jordan (river)

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (river)

Proper noun

Jordan

1. A male given name., cognate to English Jordan.

Proper noun

Jordan m (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (river)

Etymology

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén), and Arabic الأردن‎ (“al-'urdunn”)

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)
2. Jordan (river)

Etymology

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén), and Arabic الأردن‎ (“al-'urdunn”)

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)
2. Jordan (river)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǒrdan/
• Hyphenation: Jor‧dan

Proper noun

Jòrdan m (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)

1. Jordan (country, river)

Proper noun

Jordan c (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (river)

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)

References

• http://www.azatliq.org/news/international/tb/archives/2005/01/06.asp