Jordan
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
- (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən
Proper noun
editJordan (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
- 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[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News[3]:
- 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[4], 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 male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
- A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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See also
edit- 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
editFurther reading
edit- Jordan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.
Proper noun
editJordan
- Michael Jordan
- a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname, in turn from Hebrew]
- 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
editProper noun
editJordan
- 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)
Related terms
editFinnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editJordan
- 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
editInflection of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Jordanitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Etymology 2
editFrom a given name, Gothic [Term?].[1]
Proper noun
editJordan (rare)
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Jordan | Jordanit | |
genitive | Jordanin | Jordanien | |
partitive | Jordania | Jordaneja | |
illative | Jordaniin | Jordaneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Jordan | Jordanit | |
accusative | nom. | Jordan | Jordanit |
gen. | Jordanin | ||
genitive | Jordanin | Jordanien | |
partitive | Jordania | Jordaneja | |
inessive | Jordanissa | Jordaneissa | |
elative | Jordanista | Jordaneista | |
illative | Jordaniin | Jordaneihin | |
adessive | Jordanilla | Jordaneilla | |
ablative | Jordanilta | Jordaneilta | |
allative | Jordanille | Jordaneille | |
essive | Jordanina | Jordaneina | |
translative | Jordaniksi | Jordaneiksi | |
abessive | Jordanitta | Jordaneitta | |
instructive | — | Jordanein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- 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
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJordan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editder 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
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).
Proper noun
editJordan
- 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)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom jor- (“wild boar”) + dan (“Dane”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJordan m (definite Jordanen)
- a male given name
References
edit- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Dan”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
Etymology 2
editFrom Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).
Proper noun
editJordan
- 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)
Related terms
editOccitan
editProper noun
editJordan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJòrdan 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
editSwahili
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- Synonym: Yordani
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).
Proper noun
editJordan 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
editProper noun
editJordan
- Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
References
edit- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)dən
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)dən/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dən
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Rivers in Asia
- en:Places in Israel
- en:Places in Jordan
- en:Places in Palestine
- en:Jordan
- en:Countries in Asia
- en:Countries
- English terms with quotations
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Cities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Neighborhoods in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minneapolis
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Towns in Montana, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of Montana, USA
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Towns in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Townships
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Suburbs in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Places in Hong Kong
- en:Municipalities of Guimaras, Philippines
- en:Municipalities of the Philippines
- en:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- en:Places in Guimaras, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Hebrew
- English female given names
- English female given names from Hebrew
- English unisex given names
- English unisex given names from Hebrew
- English surnames
- English surnames from given names
- English exonyms
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with J
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from English
- Cebuano male given names from surnames
- Cebuano male given names from Hebrew
- ceb:Jordan
- ceb:Countries in Asia
- ceb:Countries
- ceb:Rivers in Asia
- ceb:Places in Israel
- ceb:Places in Jordan
- ceb:Places in Palestine
- Cebuano exonyms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Jordan
- da:Countries in Asia
- da:Countries
- da:Rivers in Asia
- da:Places in Israel
- da:Places in Jordan
- da:Places in Palestine
- Danish exonyms
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ordɑn
- Rhymes:Finnish/ordɑn/2 syllables
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Rivers in Asia
- fi:Places in Israel
- fi:Places in Jordan
- fi:Places in Palestine
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Gothic
- Finnish rare terms
- Finnish surnames
- fi:Middle East
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Rivers in Asia
- de:Places in Israel
- de:Places in Jordan
- de:Places in Palestine
- de:Rivers in Germany
- de:Places in Germany
- German exonyms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Hebrew
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Jordan
- nb:Countries in Asia
- nb:Countries
- nb:Rivers in Asia
- nb:Places in Israel
- nb:Places in Jordan
- nb:Places in Palestine
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with jor-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Hebrew
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
- nn:Jordan
- nn:Countries in Asia
- nn:Countries
- nn:Rivers in Asia
- nn:Places in Israel
- nn:Places in Jordan
- nn:Places in Palestine
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan proper nouns
- Occitan masculine nouns
- Occitan given names
- Occitan male given names
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Jordan
- sh:Countries in Asia
- sh:Countries
- sh:Rivers in Asia
- sh:Places in Israel
- sh:Places in Jordan
- sh:Places in Palestine
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Jordan
- sw:Countries in Asia
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Rivers in Asia
- sv:Places in Israel
- sv:Places in Jordan
- sv:Places in Palestine
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:Jordan
- tt:Countries in Asia
- tt:Countries