Jordan

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

1. A placename:
   1. A river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan.
   2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman
      • 2011 [1978 January 1], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 159:

        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.

   3. The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
   4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
      2. An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.
      4. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
      5. A city in Scott County, Minnesota.
      6. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
      7. An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
      8. A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.
      9. A village in Onondaga County, New York.
      10. An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
      11. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.
      12. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
      13. An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.
      14. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.
   5. A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
   6. A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092). [1]
   7. An area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
      • 2022 October 9, Yanni Chow, “‘This is our home’: ethnic minority residents of Jordan’s Man Wah Sun Chuen estate may lose community to redevelopment”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News‎:

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

      • 2024 April 10, Hillary Leung, “At least 5 dead, over 30 injured after fire in Hong Kong building”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎, archived from the original on 12 April 2024, Hong Kong:

        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.

   8. A municipality, the capital of Guimaras province, Philippines.
2. A unisex given name from Hebrew
   1. A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
      • 1989, Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press, published 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.

   2. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
3. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

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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 from English [in turn transferred from the surname, in turn from Hebrew]
3. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
4. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordaner
• jordansk

• IPA^(key): /ˈjordɑn/, [ˈjo̞rdɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ordɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Jor‧dan

From Latin Iordanēs.

Jordan

1. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

From a given name, Gothic [Term?].[1]

Jordan (rare)

1. a Finnish surname

• Jordan is the 4159^th (tied with 16 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 180 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • Many of these surnames in the statistics may instead be homonymous foreign surnames.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔʁ.dan/, /dʒɔʁ.dan/

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Jordan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔʁˌdaːn/

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der Jordan m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Jordan or des Jordans)

1. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)
2. one of several brooks or small rivers in Germany

• Jordanien

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

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordaner
• jordansk

From jor- (“wild boar”) +‎ dan (“Dane”).

• IPA^(key): /²juːrdan/, /²juːɖan/

Jordan m (definite Jordanen)

1. a male given name

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Dan”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

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

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordanar
• jordansk

Jordan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

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

Jòrdan m (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in Western 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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Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

   Synonym: Yordani

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

Jordan c (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

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