Jordan

See also: jordan, jordán, Jordán, and Jórdan

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Etymology

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

The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, which in turn is named after Sir John Jordan.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
(Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən

Proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

A placename:
2. A river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan.
4. A country in West 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^[1], →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.
  - 2019 November 10, “Jordan reclaims 'every inch' of land leased to Israeli farmers”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 November 2019, News‎^[3]:
    Ghamr and Baqura became part of Jordan after the country gained independence from Britain in 1946. The areas were later seized by Israel but eventually incorporated into a peace treaty between the two countries in 1994. The treaty included a long-term lease that would allow Israeli farmers to cultivate the land.
5. The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
6. 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.
7. A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
8. A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092). ^[1]
9. An area of 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^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News‎^[5]:
    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^[6], 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.
10. Places in the Philippines:
  1. A barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
  2. A municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines.
    
    Jordan, Guimaras on Wikipedia
    
    Coordinate terms: Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo, Sibunag — municipalities of Guimaras
  3. A barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines.
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.
  - 2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN‎^[7], archived from the original on 23 May 2025:
    Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.
2. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

Derived terms

Translations

country

Abkhaz: Иорданиа (Jordanja)
Adyghe: Иордание (Jiwordanije)
Afrikaans: Jordanië
Albanian: Jordani (sq) f, Jordania f (definite)
Amharic: ዮርዳኖስ (yordanos)
Antillean Creole: Jodani f
Arabic: الْأُرْدُن (ar) m (al-ʔurdun), الْأُرْدُنّ (ar) m (al-ʔurdunn)
Armenian: Հորդանան (Hordanan)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ (yurdnan)
Azerbaijani: İordaniya (az)
Bashkir: Иордания (İordaniya)
Basque: Jordania (eu)
Bavarian: Jordanien
Belarusian: Іарда́нія f (Iardánija)
Bengali: জর্দান (bn) (jordan)
Breton: Jordania
Bulgarian: Йорда́ния (bg) f (Jordánija)
Burmese: ဂျော်ဒန် (gyaudan)
Catalan: Jordània (ca) f
Chechen: Иордани (İordani), Урдан (Urdan)
Cherokee: ᏦᏓᏂ (tsodani)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約旦 / 约旦 (zh) (Yuēdàn)
Corsican: Ghjurdania f, Ghjordania f
Crimean Tatar: Urdun
Czech: Jordánsko (cs) n
Danish: Jordan (da) n
Dhivehi: އުރުދުން (urudun̊)
Dutch: Jordanië (nl) n
Esperanto: Jordanio (eo)
Estonian: Jordaania (et)
Farefare: Yoodan
Faroese: Jordan n
Finnish: Jordania (fi)
French: Jordanie (fr) f
Galician: Xordania (gl) f
Georgian: იორდანია (ka) (iordania)
German: Jordanien (de) n
Greek: Ιορδανία (el) f (Iordanía)
Guianese Creole: Jordani f
Haitian Creole: Jòdani f
Hausa: Jordan
Hawaiian: Ioredāne
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) m or f (yardén), מַמְלֶכֶת יַרְדֵּן f (mamlékhet yardén)
Hindi: जॉर्डन (hi) m (jŏrḍan), उर्दुन m (urdun)
Hungarian: Jordánia (hu)
Icelandic: Jórdanía (is) f
Ido: Jordania (io)
Indonesian: Yordania (id)
Interlingua: Jordania
Irish: an Iordáin f
Italian: Giordania (it) f
Japanese: ヨルダン (ja) (Yorudan)
Kabardian: Йорданиэ (Jordaniɛ), Йордан (Jordan)
Kalenjin: Jodan
Kamba: Jondani
Kazakh: Иордания (kk) (İordaniä), Ұрдония (Ūrdoniä)
Khmer: ហ៊្សកដានី (km) (zɔɔkdaanii)
Kikuyu: Jordan
Korean: 요르단 (ko) (Yoreudan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Erden (ku)
Kyrgyz: Иордания (ky) (İordaniya), Үрдүн (ky) (Ürdün)
Lao: ຈໍແດນ (chǭ dǣn), ຊອັກດະນີ (sa ʼak da nī)
Latin: Iordania (la) f
Latvian: Jordānija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Jordanija (lt) f
Luhya: Jordan
Luo: Jordan
Macedonian: Јордан (mk) m (Jordan)
Malay: Jordan (ms)
Maltese: il-Ġurdan
Manchu: ᡳᠣᡵᡩᠠᠩ (iordang)
Maori: Hōrano
Marathi: जॉर्डन m (jŏrḍan)
Meru: Jordan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Иордан (Iordan)
Navajo: Jóoʼdan
Nepali: उर्दुन (urduna)
Norman: Jourdain m (Jersey), Jourdanîn f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jordan (no) n

Nynorsk: Jordan (nn) n
Occitan: Jordania f, Jordània (oc) f
Ossetian: Иордани (Iordani)
Ottoman Turkish: اوردن (Ürdün)
Pashto: اردن m (urdun)
Persian:
Dari: اُرْدُن (urdun)

Iranian Persian: اُرْدُن (ordon)
Polish: Jordania (pl) f
Portuguese: Jordânia (pt) f
Quechua: Hurdanya
Rarotongan: ‘Īoritāna
Romanian: Iordania (ro) f
Russian: Иорда́ния (ru) f (Iordánija)
Sardinian: Giordània f
Scots: Jordan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јо̀рдан m

Roman: Jòrdan (sh) m
Shan: မိူင်းၵျေႃႇတၼ်ႇ (móeng kjàu tàn)
Sicilian: Giurdania f, Giordania f
Sinhalese: ජෝර්දානය (jōrdānaya)
Slovak: Jordánsko (sk) n
Slovene: Jordánija (sl) f
Spanish: Jordania (es) f
Swahili: Yordani (sw)
Swedish: Jordanien (sv) n
Tagalog: Hordan
Tajik: Урдун (tg) (Urdun)
Tamil: ஜோர்டான் (jōrṭāṉ)
Tatar: Үрдүн (Ürdün)
Thai: จอร์แดน (th) (jɔɔ-dɛɛn)
Tibetan: རྗོར་ཌན (rjor ḍan)
Turkish: Ürdün (tr)
Turkmen: Iordaniýa
Ukrainian: Йорда́нія (uk) f (Jordánija)
Urdu: اُرْدُن m (urdun), جورْڈَن m (jorḍan)
Uyghur: ئىئوردانىيە (i'ordaniye)
Uzbek: Iordaniya (uz)
Vietnamese: Gioóc-đa-ni, Gióc-đa-ni
Volapük: Yordän (vo)
West Flemish: Jordanië n
West Frisian: Jordaanje n
Yiddish: יאָרדאַניע (yordanye)
Yoruba: Jọdani

river

Afrikaans: Jordaan, Jordaanrivier
Aghwan: 𐔺𐕒𐕙𐔳𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 (yordanan)
Arabic: الْأُرْدُن (ar) m (al-ʔurdun), الْأُرْدُنّ (ar) m (al-ʔurdunn)
Armenian: Հորդանան (Hordanan)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ (yurdnan)
Bulgarian: Йорда́н m (Jordán)
Catalan: Jordà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約旦 / 约旦 (zh) (Yuēdàn), 約旦河 / 约旦河 (zh) (Yuēdànhé)
Czech: Jordán (cs) m
Danish: Jordan (da)
Dutch: Jordaan m
Egyptian:

(yrdwnꜣ m)
Esperanto: Jordano
Estonian: Jordan (et)
Faroese: Jordan f
Finnish: Jordan (fi)
French: Jourdain (fr) m
Georgian: იორდანე (iordane)
German: Jordan (de) m
Greek: Ιορδάνης (el) m (Iordánis)
Ancient: Ἰορδάνης m (Iordánēs)
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) (yardén)
Hindi: यर्दन f (yardan), यर्दन नदी f (Yardan nadī), यर्दन नदी f (Yardan nadī)
Hungarian: Jordán (hu)
Icelandic: Jórdan f
Ido: Jordan (io)
Irish: An Iordáin f
Italian: Giordano (it) m
Japanese: ヨルダン川 (Yorudan-gawa)
Latin: Iordanēs m, Jordanēs m
Latvian: Jordāna f
Lithuanian: Jordanas
Macedonian: Јордан (mk) m (Jordan)
Manchu: ᡳᠣᡵᡩᠠᠩ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (iordang bira)
Maori: Hōrano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jordan (no)

Nynorsk: Jordan (nn)
Occitan: Jordan m
Ottoman Turkish: یوردان (Yurdan)
Plautdietsch: Jordan m
Polish: Jordan (pl) m
Portuguese: Jordão (pt) m
Romanian: Iordan n
Russian: Иорда́н (ru) m (Iordán), Ярде́на f (Jardɛ́na)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јо̀рдан m

Roman: Jòrdan (sh) m
Spanish: Jordán (es) m
Swedish: Jordan (sv)
Tamil: யோர்தான் (yōrtāṉ)
Ukrainian: Йорда́н m (Jordán)

male given name

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ (yurdnan)
Basque: Txurdan
Bulgarian: Йордан m (Jordan)
Catalan: Jordà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 佐敦 (zo³ deon¹)

Mandarin: 喬丹 / 乔丹 (zh) (Qiáodān) (from English)
Dutch: Jordaan m, Jordan (nl) m
Esperanto: Jordano
French: Jordan (fr) m, Jourdain (fr) m (rare)
German: Jordan (de) m
Greek: Ιορδάνης (el) m (Iordánis)
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) m (yardén)
Hungarian: Jordán (hu)
Inuktitut: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ (yoatan)
Italian: Giordano (it) m
Latin: Iordanēs m, Jordanēs m, Iordanus m, Jordanus m
Latvian: Džordans m
Macedonian: Јордан (mk) m (Jordan)
Marathi: जॉर्डन m (jŏrḍan)
Middle English: Judd
Occitan: Jordan m
Portuguese: Jordão (pt) m
Romanian: Iordan m
Russian: Джо́рдан (ru) m (Džórdan), Иордан (ru) m ((Iordán))
Spanish: Jordán (es) m
Ukrainian: Джо́рдан m (Džórdan), Йорда́н m (Jordán)
Vietnamese: Gioóc-đan

female given name

Esperanto: Jordana
German: Jordana f
Greek: Ιορδάνα (el) f (Iordána)
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) f (yardén)
Italian: Giordana (it) f
Portuguese: Jordana f

surname

French: Jordan (fr), Jourdan (fr), Jourdain (fr), Jourden
German: Jordan (de)
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) (yardén)
Hungarian: Jordán (hu)
Italian: Giordano (it), Giordani (patronymic or plural of Giordano), Giordana (it)

References

^ Ordnance Survey

Anagrams

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