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- 1 A placename:; 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. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 3 A placename:; The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation). countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Scott County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Onondaga County, New York. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
- 15 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Green County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 16 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 17 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township. countable, uncountable
- 18 A placename:; A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 19 A placename:; A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092). countable, uncountable
- 20 A placename:; An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong. countable, uncountable
"Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates."
- 21 A placename:; Places in the Philippines:; A barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. countable, uncountable
- 22 A placename:; Places in the Philippines:; A municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines. countable, uncountable
- 23 A placename:; Places in the Philippines:; A barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines. countable, uncountable
- 24 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. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 25 A unisex given name from Hebrew.; A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage. countable, uncountable
- 26 A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name. countable, uncountable
- 1 A vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists. obsolete
"Make a good lute... and þerwiþ daub þi Iordan al aboute... and putte al þi mater in þe Iordan and hange it ouer þe fier by þe necke þᵗ þe glas be almoost an hond brede fro þe coolis."
- 2 A chamber pot. obsolete
"2.Car. Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney: and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach."
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.
From Middle English jordan, from Latin jurdanus, unattested outside of England and of uncertain etymology. Usually derived from a clipped form of Jordan bottle, supposedly a bottle of curative water brought back from the River Jordan by Crusaders and pilgrims to the Holy Land, but this seems unsupported in its actual attestations. Its use for chamber pots may derive from the alchemical device having been used to hold urine.
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