Jordan
English
Etymology
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Proper noun
Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)
- A placename
- A river in the Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea.
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; named after the river.
- 2011 [January 1, 1978], Carter, Jimmy, White House Diary, →ISBN, LCCN 2010015544, OCLC 712116640, 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.
- The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
- A city in Scott County, Minnesota.
- A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
- A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.
- A village in Onondaga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.
- A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.
- A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
- A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092). [1]
- An urban area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- A municipality, the capital of Guimaras province, Philippines.
- 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.
- 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.
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- A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
- A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
- A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.
Derived terms
Translations
country
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river
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male given name
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
References
Cebuano
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
- Michael Jordan
- a male given name transferred from the surname
- Jordan; a country in the Middle East
- the Jordan River
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjordɑn/, [ˈjo̞rdɑn]
- Rhymes: -ordɑn
- Syllabification(key): Jor‧dan
Declension
Inflection of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Jordan | — | |
genitive | Jordanin | — | |
partitive | Jordania | — | |
illative | Jordaniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Jordan | — | |
accusative | nom. | Jordan | — |
gen. | Jordanin | ||
genitive | Jordanin | — | |
partitive | Jordania | — | |
inessive | Jordanissa | — | |
elative | Jordanista | — | |
illative | Jordaniin | — | |
adessive | Jordanilla | — | |
ablative | Jordanilta | — | |
allative | Jordanille | — | |
essive | Jordanina | — | |
translative | Jordaniksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Jordanitta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Jordan (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Jordanini | Jordanimme |
2nd person | Jordanisi | Jordaninne |
3rd person | Jordaninsa |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔʁ.dan/, /dʒɔʁ.dan/
Audio (file)
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǒrdan/
- Hyphenation: Jor‧dan
Declension
Declension of Jordan
singular | |
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nominative | Jordan |
genitive | Jordana |
dative | Jordanu |
accusative | Jordan |
vocative | Jordane |
locative | Jordanu |
instrumental | Jordanom |
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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