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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)
- A placename:
- 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.
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman
- 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 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[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News[3]:
- Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.
- 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.
- 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[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
country
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river
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male given name
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See also[edit]
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Michael Jordan
- a male given name transferred from the surname
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- 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)
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- 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)
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- 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)
Declension[edit]
| 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 | — | ||
| abessive | Jordanitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Etymology 2[edit]
From a given name, Gothic [Term?].[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan (rare)
- a Finnish surname
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Jordan | Jordanit | ||
| genitive | Jordanin | Jordanien | ||
| partitive | Jordania | Jordaneja | ||
| illative | Jordaniin | Jordaneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Jordan | Jordanit | ||
| accusative | nom. | Jordan | Jordanit | |
| gen. | Jordanin | |||
| genitive | Jordanin | Jordanien | ||
| partitive | Jordania | Jordaneja | ||
| inessive | Jordanissa | Jordaneissa | ||
| elative | Jordanista | Jordaneista | ||
| illative | Jordaniin | Jordaneihin | ||
| adessive | Jordanilla | Jordaneilla | ||
| ablative | Jordanilta | Jordaneilta | ||
| allative | Jordanille | Jordaneille | ||
| essive | Jordanina | Jordaneina | ||
| translative | Jordaniksi | Jordaneiksi | ||
| abessive | Jordanitta | Jordaneitta | ||
| instructive | — | Jordanein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Statistics[edit]
- Jordan is the 4159th (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.
References[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
der Jordan m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Jordan or des Jordans)
- 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)
- one of several brooks or small rivers in Germany
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- 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)
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From jor- (“wild boar”) + dan (“Dane”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan m (definite Jordanen)
- a male given name
References[edit]
- Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Dan”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN
Etymology 2[edit]
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- 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)
Related terms[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jòrdan m (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- 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)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Jordan
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- Synonym: Yordani
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan c (genitive Jordans)
- 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)
Tatar[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
References[edit]
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