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Jordan
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jordan jordán Jordán Jórdan
English
thumb|240px|Flag of Jordan
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Etymology
From en la Iordanēs, from en grc Ἰορδάνης, from en hbo יַרְדֵּן yardén Jordan (river). en Yarden.
The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, Hong Kong Jordan Road, which in turn is en Sir John Jordan John Jordan (diplomat) 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/ RP
en /ˈd͡ʒoːdən/ SSB,AU,NZ
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Jordan.wav SSB
en /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/ GA
en en-us-Jordan.ogg US
en /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/ /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/ US South
en ɔː(ɹ)dən ɜː(ɹ)dən 2 also southern US
jôr′dnJor·dan 364 2
Proper noun
~ s
A placename:
en Q40059en river r/West Asia in the r/Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea ;, flowing through <<c/Israel>>, the <<r/Golan Heights>>, the <<r/West Bank>> and Jordan.
en Q810en country r/West Asia in the r/Middle East Amman Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
en 2011 1978-01-01 w:Jimmy Carter White House Diary https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312577193/ 978-0-312-57719-3 2010015544 712116640 159 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312577193/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.
en 2019-11-10 Jordan reclaims 'every inch' of land leased to Israeli farmers w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20191111221525/https://www.dw.com/en/jordan-reclaims-every-inch-of-land-leased-to-israeli-farmers/a-51193990 https://www.dw.com/en/jordan-reclaims-every-inch-of-land-leased-to-israeli-farmers/a-51193990 November 11, 2019 News https://archive.ph/AePL8 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.
The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm twp:Suf/Washington co/Daviess County s/Indiana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Morgan co/Owen County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/Boone County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Fulton County s/Kentucky.
en city co/Scott County s/Minnesota.
en neighbourhood city/Minneapolis s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Hickory County s/Missouri.
en small town/county seat co/Garfield County s/Montana.
en village co/Onondaga County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Johnston County s/North Carolina.
en ucomm co/Linn County s/Oregon.
en town co/Green County s/Wisconsin.
en ucomm town/Hull co/Portage County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Jordan Township.
en community town/Lincoln Regional Municipality of Niagara, p/Ontario c/Canada.
en small suburb town/Rotherham co/South Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SK4092. Ordnance Survey
en area district/Yau Tsim Mong region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en 2022-10-09 Yanni Chow ‘This is our home’: ethnic minority residents of Jordan’s Man Wah Sun Chuen estate may lose community to redevelopment https://web.archive.org/web/20221010112544/https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3195210/our-home-ethnic-minority-residents-jordans-man-wah-sun 2023-10-10 https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3195210/our-home-ethnic-minority-residents-jordans-man-wah-sun w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 News https://archive.ph/knZwA Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.
en 2024-04-10 Hillary Leung At least 5 dead, over 30 injured after fire in Hong Kong building w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/9wnP6 2024-04-12 https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/10/at-least-5-dead-27-injured-after-fire-in-hong-kong-building/ 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.
Places in the Philippines:
en barangay mun/Sinait p/Ilocos Sur c/Philippines.
en mun/non-city capital p/Guimaras c/Philippines. +, Guimaras
VI Guimaras
en barangay mun/Villaba p/Leyte c/Philippines.
en unisex Hebrew.
en male Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
en 1989 w:Jeanette Winterson Sexing the Cherry 3–4 Grove Press 1998 0802135781 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.
en August 23, 2012 Alasdair Lamont Hearts 0-1 Liverpool w:BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19279553 Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right. https://web.archive.org/web/20220824075821/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19279553
en Casey Gannon Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/pennsylvania-man-biden-threat 2024-05-16 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250523134250/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/pennsylvania-man-biden-threat/
en female Hebrew mid-20th century and later.
en given names derived from the male given name.
Derived terms
en Cisjordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan almond Jordan block Jordan curve Jordan matrix Jordan network Jordan rule Jordan Springs Jordanesque Jordanian Jordanianism Jordanianness jordanite Jordanize Jordanstown Jordanville Jordy Michael Jordan South Jordan Transjordan
Translations
Q810 country
Abkhaz: ab Иорданиа
Afrikaans: af Jordanië
Albanian: sq Jordani f, sq Jordania f definite
Amharic: am ዮርዳኖስ
Antillean Creole: gcf Jodani f
Arabic: ar الْأُرْدُن m, ar الْأُرْدُنّ m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ yurdnan
Armenian: hy Հորդանան
Asturian: ast Xordania
Azerbaijani: az İordaniya
Bashkir: ba Иордания
Basque: eu Jordania
Belarusian: be Іарда́нія f
Bengali: bn জর্দান
Breton: br Jordania
Bulgarian: bg Йорда́ния f
Burmese: my ဂျော်ဒန်
Catalan: ca Jordània f
Chechen: ce Иордани, ce Урдан
Cherokee: chr ᏦᏓᏂ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 約旦 Yuēdàn
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd Йорданиэ, kbd Йордан
West Circassian: ady Иордание
Corsican: co Ghjurdania f, co Ghjordania f
Crimean Tatar: crh Urdun
Czech: cs Jordánsko n
Danish: da Jordan n
Dhivehi: dv އުރުދުން
Dutch: nl Jordanië n
Esperanto: eo Jordanio
Estonian: et Jordaania
Farefare: gur Yoodan
Faroese: fo Jordan n
Finnish: fi Jordania
French: fr Jordanie f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Jordaanje n
Galician: gl Xordania f
Georgian: ka იორდანია
German: de Jordanien n
Bavarian: bar Jordanien
Greek: el Ιορδανία f
Guianese Creole: gcr Jordani f
Haitian Creole: ht Jòdani f
Hausa: ha Jordan
Hawaiian: haw Ioredāne
Hebrew: he יַרְדֵּן m f yardén, he מַמְלֶכֶת יַרְדֵּן f mamlékhet yardén
Hindi: hi जॉर्डन m, hi उर्दुन m
Hungarian: hu Jordánia
Icelandic: is Jórdanía f
Ido: io Jordania
Indonesian: id Yordania
Interlingua: ia Jordania
Irish: ga Iordáin f an Iordáin
Italian: it Giordania f
Japanese: ja ヨルダン Yorudan
Kalenjin: kln Jodan
Kamba: kam Jondani
Kazakh: kk Иордания, kk Ұрдония
Khmer: km ហ៊្សកដានី
Kikuyu: ki Jordan
Korean: ko ^요르단
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Erden
Kyrgyz: ky Иордания, ky Үрдүн
Lao: lo ຈໍແດນ, lo ຊອັກດະນີ
Latin: la Iordania f
Latvian: lv Jordānija f
Lithuanian: lt Jordanija f
Luhya: luy Jordan
Luo: luo Jordan
Macedonian: mk Јордан m
Malay: ms Jordan
Maltese: mt Ġurdan il-Ġurdan
Manchu: mnc ᡳᠣᡵᡩᠠᠩ
Māori: mi Hōrano
Marathi: mr जॉर्डन m
Meru: mer Jordan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Иордан
Navajo: nv Jóoʼdan
Nepali: ne उर्दुन
Norman: nrf Jourdain m Jersey, nrf Jourdanîn f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Jordan n
Nynorsk: nn Jordan n
Occitan: oc Jordania f, oc Jordània f
Ossetian: os Иордани
Pashto: ps اردن m urdun
Persian:
Dari: prs اُرْدُن
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُرْدُن
Polish: pl Jordania f
Portuguese: pt Jordânia f
Quechua: qu Hurdanya
Rarotongan: rar ʻĪoritāna
Romanian: ro Iordania f
Russian: ru Иорда́ния f
Sardinian: sc Giordània f
Scots: sco Jordan
Scottish Gaelic: gd Iòrdan f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Јо̀рдан m
Latin: sh Jòrdan m
Shan: shn မိူင်းၵျေႃႇတၼ်ႇ
Sicilian: scn Giurdania f, scn Giordania f
Sinhalese: si ජෝර්දානය
Slovak: sk Jordánsko n
Slovene: sl Jordánija f
Spanish: es Jordania f
Swahili: sw Yordani
Swedish: sv Jordanien n
Tagalog: tl Hordan
Tajik: tg Урдун
Tamil: ta ஜோர்டான்
Tatar: tt Үрдүн
Thai: th จอร์แดน
Tibetan: bo རྗོར་ཌན
Turkish: tr Ürdün
Ottoman Turkish: ota اوردن Ürdün
Turkmen: tk Iordaniýa
Ukrainian: uk Йорда́нія f
Urdu: ur اُرْدُن m, ur جورْڈَن m
Uyghur: ug ئىئوردانىيە
Uzbek: uz Iordaniya
Vietnamese: vi Gioóc-đa-ni, vi Gióc-đa-ni
Volapük: vo Yordän
West Flemish: vls Jordanië n
Yiddish: yi יאָרדאַניע
Yoruba: yo Jọdani
Q40059 river
Afrikaans: af Jordaan, af Jordaanrivier
Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐕒𐕙𐔳𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎
Arabic: ar الْأُرْدُن m, ar الْأُرْدُنّ m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ yurdnan
Armenian: hy Հորդանան
Bulgarian: bg Йорда́н m
Catalan: ca Jordà m
Cherokee: chr ᏦᏓᏂ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 約旦 Yuēdàn, cmn 約旦河
Czech: cs Jordán m
Danish: da Jordan
Dutch: nl Jordaan m
Egyptian: yrdwnꜣ M17-M17-y:r*Z1-d:Z7-n:A-T14-N25 m
Esperanto: eo Jordano
Estonian: et Jordan
Faroese: fo Jordan f
Finnish: fi Jordan
French: fr Jourdain m
Georgian: ka იორდანე
German: de Jordan m
Greek: el Ιορδάνης m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰορδάνης m
Hebrew: he יַרְדֵּן yardén
Hindi: hi जॉर्डन f
Hungarian: hu Jordán
Icelandic: is Jórdan f
Ido: io Jordan
Indonesian: id Yordan
Irish: ga Iordáin f An Iordáin
Italian: it Giordano m
Japanese: ja ヨルダン川 Yorudan-gawa
Latin: la Iordanēs m, la Jordanēs m
Latvian: lv Jordāna f
Lithuanian: lt Jordanas
Macedonian: mk Јордан m
Manchu: mnc ᡳᠣᡵᡩᠠᠩ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ
Māori: mi Hōrano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Jordan
Nynorsk: nn Jordan
Occitan: oc Jordan m
Plautdietsch: pdt Jordan m
Polish: pl Jordan m
Portuguese: pt Jordão m
Romanian: ro Iordan n
Russian: ru Иорда́н m, ru Ярде́на f Jardɛ́na
Scottish Gaelic: gd Iòrdan f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Јо̀рдан m
Latin: sh Jòrdan m
Spanish: es Jordán m
Swedish: sv Jordan
Tamil: ta யோர்தான்
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ota یوردان Yurdan
Ukrainian: uk Йорда́н m
male given name
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ yurdnan
Basque: eu Txurdan
Bulgarian: bg Йордан m
Catalan: ca Jordà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 佐敦 zo3 deon1
Mandarin: cmn 喬丹 Qiáodān from English
Dutch: nl Jordaan m, nl Jordan m
Esperanto: eo Jordano
French: fr Jordan m, fr Jourdain m rare
German: de Jordan m
Greek: el Ιορδάνης m
Hebrew: he יַרְדֵּן m yardén
Hungarian: hu Jordán
Inuktitut: iu ᔪᐊᑕᓐ
Italian: it Giordano m
Latin: la Iordanēs m, la Jordanēs m, la Iordanus m, la Jordanus m
Latvian: lv Džordans m
Macedonian: mk Јордан m
Marathi: mr जॉर्डन m
Middle English: enm Judd
Occitan: oc Jordan m
Portuguese: pt Jordão m
Romanian: ro Iordan m
Russian: ru Джо́рдан m, ru Иордан m (Iordán)
Spanish: es Jordán m
Ukrainian: uk Джо́рдан m, uk Йорда́н m
Vietnamese: vi Gioóc-đan
female given name
Esperanto: eo Jordana
German: de Jordana f
Greek: el Ιορδάνα f
Hebrew: he יַרְדֵּן f yardén
Italian: it Giordana f
Portuguese: pt Jordana f
surname
French: fr Jordan, fr Jourdan, fr Jourdain, fr Jourden
German: de Jordan
Hebrew: he יַרְדֵּן yardén
Hungarian: hu Jordán
Italian: it Giordano, it Giordani patronymic or plural of Giordano, it Giordana
See also
Countries of the world
References
Further reading
Jordan
Jordan 885 1
Anagrams
en adjnor Jardon
en unisex given names exonyms
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb la Iordanes, from ceb grc Ἰορδάνης, from ceb hbo יַרְדֵּן yardén Hebr Jordan (river). The given name is from Michael Jordan.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
Michael Jordan
ceb male English < surnames < Hebrew
ceb Jordan Q810,Q40059
ceb exonyms
Cornish
kw:
Etymology
kw en Jordan, from kw la Iordanēs, from kw grc Ἰορδάνης, from kw hbo יַרְדֵּן yardén Jordan (river).
Pronunciation
kw /ˈdʒɔr.dan/
Proper noun
kw propn
kw Jordan Q810
Coordinate terms
Related terms
kw jordanek<t:Jordanian><pos:a>
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da Jordan Q810,Q40059
Related terms
da jordaner
da jordansk
da exonyms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi river
From fi la Iordanēs.
Proper noun
fi Jordan Q40059
Declension
sg Jordan a 0
Etymology 2
fi surname
From a given name, fi la Iordanēs, through a Germanic form like und Jornandes.
Proper noun
fi rare
fi Finnish
Declension
Jordan a 0
Statistics
dvv_20250813 180
Many of these surnames in the statistics may instead be homonymous foreign surnames.
References
fi Middle East
French
Pronunciation
Jordanne Djordanne rare
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Jordan.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-Jordan.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
m
fr male Jordan
German
Etymology
From de la Iordanēs, from de grc Ἰορδάνης, from de hbo יַרְדֵּן yardén Jordan (river).
Pronunciation
de /ˈjɔʁˌdaːn/
de De-Jordan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m,-:s.article
de Jordan Q40059
de one of several brooks or small <<river>>s in <<c/Germany>>
Derived terms
de Jordanien
de exonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
From nb he יַרְדֵּן yardén Hebr, and nb ar الأردن al-'urdunn.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Jordan Q810,Q40059
Related terms
nb jordaner
nb jordansk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology 1
From nn jor- dan wild boar Dane.
Pronunciation
nn /²juːrdan/ /²juːɖan/
Proper noun
m
nn male
References
Dan 77
Etymology 2
From nn he יַרְדֵּן yardén Hebr, and nn ar الأردن al-'urdunn.
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Jordan Q810,Q40059
Related terms
nn jordanar
nn jordansk
Occitan
Proper noun
m
oc male Jordan
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:,hr:,bs:
Pronunciation
sh /jǒrdan/
sh Jor dan
Proper noun
Jòrdan m-in
sh Jordan Q810,Q40059
Declension
Jordan Jordana Jordanu Jordan Jordane Jordanu Jordanom
Swahili
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Jordan.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw Jordan Q810
sw Yordani
Swedish
Etymology
From sv gmq-osw Iordan. Cognate with gmq-oda Jordanus (partially latinized).
Proper noun
c
sv Jordan Q40059
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Jordán + 1
Pronunciation
Hordán
Proper noun
Jordán Hordan
tl mun/non-city capital p/Guimaras c/Philippines Jordan, Guimaras Jordan
tl Jordan Q810
tl Jordan Q40059
Tatar
Proper noun
proper noun l
tt Ürdün tt Jordan Q810
tt 2005-01-06 tt:Ğiraqta ğadättäntış wazğiät 30 köngä ozaytıldı lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/816943.html İran tışqı eşlär ministrı Kamal Kharrazi, Jordan patşası Abdullanıñ süzlärenä qarşılıq yözennän cıyında qatnaşmıy. https://web.archive.org/web/20250707172024/https://www.azatliq.org/a/816943.html 7 July 2025