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English
Commons:Category
Etymology
From Latin Iordanēs , from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης ( Iordánēs ) , from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן ( yardén , “ Jordan (river) ” ) . Doublet of Yarden .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
2011 [1978 January 1], Jimmy Carter , White House Diary , →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.
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 of 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 , →ISSN , →OCLC , archived from the original on 10 October 2023 , News :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 , 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.
A municipality , the capital of Guimaras province, Western Visayas , 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 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
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 )
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
See also
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
Further reading
Anagrams
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 from English
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
Proper noun
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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin Iordanēs .
Proper noun
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
Etymology 2
From a given name, Gothic .[ 1]
Proper noun
Jordan ( rare )
a Finnish surname
Declension
Statistics
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
^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000 ) Sukunimet , Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
French
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʒɔʁ.dan/ , ( rare ) /dʒɔʁ.dan/
Proper noun
Jordan m
a male given name , equivalent to English Jordan
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן ( yardén ) , and Arabic الأردن ( “ al-'urdunn ” ) .
Proper noun
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 )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From jor- ( “ wild boar ” ) + dan ( “ Dane ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /²juːrdan/ , /²juːɖan/
Proper noun
Jordan m (definite Jordanen )
a male given name
References
Etymology 2
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן ( yardén ) , and Arabic الأردن ( “ al-'urdunn ” ) .
Proper noun
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 )
Occitan
Proper noun
Jordan m
a male given name , equivalent to English Jordan
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /jǒrdan/
Hyphenation: Jor‧dan
Proper noun
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
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jordan
Jordan (a country in Western Asia , in the Middle East )
Synonym: Yordani
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish Iordan . Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).
Proper noun
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
Proper noun
Jordan
Jordan (a country in Western Asia , in the Middle East )
References