jordan

¹

[jawr-dn]

noun

British Dialect.

1. chamber pot.

Jordan

²

[jawr-dn, zhawr-dahn]

noun

1. Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.

2. David Starr 1851–1931, U.S. biologist and educator.

3. June, 1936–2002, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist.

4. Marie Ennemond Camille 1838–1922, French mathematician.

5. Michael Jeffrey Air JordanHis Airness, born 1963, U.S. basketball player.

6. Official Name Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. a kingdom in southwest Asia, consisting of the former Transjordan and a part of Palestine that, since 1967, has been occupied by Israel. 37,264 square miles (96,514 square kilometers). Amman.

7. a river in southwest Asia, flowing from southern Lebanon through the Sea of Galilee, then south between Israel and Jordan through western Jordan into the Dead Sea. 200 miles (320 kilometers) long.

8. a male given name.

Jordan

¹

/ ˈdʒɔːdən /

noun

1. Former name (1922–49): Trans-Jordan. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. a kingdom in SW Asia: coextensive with the biblical Moab, Gilead, and Edom; made a League of Nations mandate and emirate under British control in 1922 and became an independent kingdom in 1946; territories west of the River Jordan and the Jordanian part of Jerusalem (intended to be part of an autonomous Palestine) were occupied by Israel after the war of 1967. It contains part of the Great Rift Valley and consists mostly of desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Amman. Pop: 6 482 081 (2013 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles)

2. the chief and only perennial river of Israel and Jordan, rising in several headstreams in Syria and Lebanon, and flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea: occupies the N end of the Great Rift Valley system and lies mostly below sea level. Length: over 320 km (200 miles)

Jordan

²

/ ˈdʒɔːdən /

noun

1. Michael ( Jeffrey ). born 1963, US basketball player

2. Neil. born 1950, Irish film director and writer; his films include The Company of Wolves (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), The Crying Game (1992), Michael Collins (1996), The End of the Affair (2000), and The Brave One (2007)

Jordan

1. Monarchy in the Middle East, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and Israel to the west. Amman is its capital and largest city.

Jordan is an Arab nation.

King Hussein, a controversial figure in Middle Eastern affairs, ruled from 1953 until his death in 2000. Although he tried to maintain cordial relations with the West, he opposed the Egypt (see also Egypt)-Israel peace agreement of 1979, endorsed the Palestine Liberation Organization, and refused to join the alliance against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.

Other Word Forms

• anti-Jordan adjective
• Jordanian adjective
• pro-Jordan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of jordan¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English jurdan “urinal,” perhaps after the river Jordan, by coarse jesting

Example Sentences

"When they cast their eyes over Cranach's map, pausing at Mount Carmel, Nazareth, the River Jordan and Jericho, people were taken on a virtual pilgrimage," MacDonald says.

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Jordan Tripi, a mental-health counselor in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., had taken a mail-order DNA test that connected her to the family.

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Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford separated the clashing pair before referee Tony Harrington dismissed Gueye in the 13th minute.

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The Lions have hosted Thanksgiving games since 1934 but slipped to a 7-5 record as they failed to contain a Packers offence well led by Jordan Love.

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Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love threw four touchdown passes -- including two on fourth down -- to lead the Packers to a 31-24 NFL victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday.

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