Jordan

English

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Etymology

Hebrew ירדן (yarden), Jordan (originally the river).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdʒɔːdən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdʒɔːrdən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dən

Proper noun

Jordan

1. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
2. A river of the Middle East, mentioned in the Bible, 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 0802135781, 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 given 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.

Derived terms

• Jordanian
• Jordanesque

Translations

country

Arabic: الأردن (ar) (al-'úrdunn) m. Armenian: Հորդանան (hy) (Hordanan) Basque: Jordania (eu) Bengali: জর্দান (bn) Bosnian: Jordan (bs) m. Breton: Jordania Catalan: Jordània (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 約旦 (cmn), 约旦 (cmn) (Yuēdàn) Croatian: Jordan (hr) m. Czech: Jordánsko (cs) n. Danish: Jordan (da) Dutch: Jordanië (nl) Esperanto: Jordanio (eo) Finnish: Jordania (fi) French: Jordanie (fr) f. Galician: Xordania (gl) f. German: Jordanien (de) n. Greek: Ιορδανία (el) (Iordanía) f. Hebrew: ירדן (he) (Yardēn) Hungarian: Jordánia (hu) Icelandic: Jórdanía (is) f. Interlingua: Jordania Italian: Giordania (it) f. Japanese: ヨルダン (ja) (Yorudan) Kalenjin: Jodan

Kamba: Jondani Kikuyu: Jordan Korean: 요르단 (ko) (Yoreudan) Latin: Iordania (la) f. Lithuanian: Jordanija (lt) Luhya: Jordan Luo: Jordan Macedonian: Јордан (mk) (Jórdan) m. Maltese: il-Ġurdan Meru: Jordan Navajo: Jóoʼdan Norwegian: Jordan (no) Polish: Jordania (pl) f. Portuguese: Jordânia (pt) f. Quechua: Hurdanya (qu) Romanian: Iordania (ro) f. Russian: Иордания (ru) (Iordánija) f. Sicilian: Giurdania f., Giordania f. Slovene: Jordanija (sl) f. Spanish: Jordania (es) f. Swahili: Yordani (sw) Swedish: Jordanien (sv) Tatar: Jordan Turkish: Ürdün (tr) Volapük: Yordän (vo)

river

Arabic: الأردن (ar) (al-’úrdunn) m. Egyptian Arabic: الأردن (el ʔordun) m. Armenian: Հորդանան (hy) (Hordanan) Catalan: Jordà m. Chinese: Mandarin: 約旦 (cmn), 约旦 (cmn) (Yuēdàn) Croatian: Jordan (hr) m. Czech: Jordán (cs) m. Danish: Jordan (da) Finnish: Jordan (fi) French: Jourdain (fr) m. German: Jordan (de) m.

Hebrew: ירדן (he) (yarden) Hungarian: Jordán (hu) Icelandic: Jórdan (is) f. Italian: Giordano (it) m. Japanese: ヨルダン川 (Yorudan-gawa) Latin: Iordanus (la) m. Lithuanian: Jordanas (lt) Macedonian: Јордан (mk) (Jórdan) m. Norwegian: Jordan (no) Russian: Иордан (ru) (Iordán) m., Ярдена (ru) (Jardéna) f. Spanish: Jordán (es) m. Swedish: Jordan (sv)

male given name

French: Jordan (fr) Hungarian: Jordán (hu)

Italian: Giordano (it) Macedonian: Јордан (mk) (Jórdan)

See also

• Countries of the world

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Danish

Proper noun

Jordan

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

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Finnish

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (river).

Declension

Declension of Jordan (type risti) singular plural nominative Jordan – genitive Jordanin – partitive Jordania – accusative Jordan Jordanin – inessive Jordanissa – elative Jordanista – illative Jordaniin – adessive Jordanilla – ablative Jordanilta – allative Jordanille – essive Jordanina – translative Jordaniksi – instructive – – abessive Jordanitta – comitative – –

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French

Proper noun

Jordan

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

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German

Proper noun

Jordan m.

1. Jordan (river)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Jordan

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

Related terms

• jordaner
• jordansk

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jǒrdan/
• Hyphenation: Jor‧dan

Proper noun

Jòrdan m. (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)

1. Jordan (country, river)

Declension

    declension of Jordan

	singular
nominative	Jordan
genitive	Jordana
dative	Jordanu
accusative	Jordan
vocative	Jordane
locative	Jordanu
instrumental	Jordanom

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Swedish

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (river)

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Tatar

Proper noun

Jordan

1. Jordan (country)

References

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