Jordan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːdən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːɹdən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dən
Proper nounEdit
Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- A river of the Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea, and after which the country is named.
- A male given name; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
- 1989 Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press 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.
- 1989 Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press 1998, →ISBN, pages 3-4:
- A surname derived from the male given name.
- A female given name used since mid-20th century.
- a small town in Montana, USA, and the county seat of Garfield County.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
country
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river
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male given name
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
- Michael Jordan
- a male given name
- Jordan; a country in the Middle East
- the Jordan River
DanishEdit
FinnishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
- Jordan (river)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Jordanitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
FrenchEdit
GermanEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”)
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
Related termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”)
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jòrdan m (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)
- Jordan (country, river)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Jordan
| singular | |
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| nominative | Jordan |
| genitive | Jordana |
| dative | Jordanu |
| accusative | Jordan |
| vocative | Jordane |
| locative | Jordanu |
| instrumental | Jordanom |