Jordan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːdən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔɹdən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Proper nounEdit
Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)
- A placename
- A river in the Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea.
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; named after the river.
- A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana, United States.
- 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 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 female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
- A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
- A surname, from given names derived from the male given name.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
country
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river
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male given name
See alsoEdit
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
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 transferred from the surname
- Jordan; a country in the Middle East
- the Jordan River
DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
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 | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Jordan (type risti) | ||
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| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Jordanini | Jordanimme |
| 2nd person | Jordanisi | Jordaninne |
| 3rd person | Jordaninsa | |
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Jordan
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
der Jordan m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Jordan or des Jordans)
- Jordan (a river in Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”)
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
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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 |
SwahiliEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
- Jordan (a country in the Middle East, Asia)
- Synonym: Yordani
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan c (genitive Jordans)
- Jordan (river)
TatarEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jordan
- Jordan (country)