Jordan

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dən

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.

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

Jordan

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

Jordan

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

Jordan

1. Jordan (river)

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔʁ.dɑ̃/

Jordan

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

Jordan m (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (river)

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

Jordan

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

• jordaner
• jordansk

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

Jordan

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

• jordanar
• jordansk

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

Jòrdan m (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)

1. Jordan (country, river)

Jordan c (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (river)

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)

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