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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jor•dan ( jôr′dn),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]- British TermsSee chamber pot.
- Middle English jurdan urinal, perh. after Jordan, the river, by coarse jesting 1350–1400
David Starr (stär),USA pronunciation 1851–1931, U.S. biologist and educator.- Biographical June, born 1936, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist.
Ma•rie En•ne•mond Ca•mille (ma rē′ enə môn′ ka mē′yə),USA pronunciation 1838–1922, French mathematician.- Place NamesOfficial name, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. a kingdom in SW Asia, consisting of the former Transjordan and a part of Palestine that, since 1967, has been occupied by Israel. 4,324,638; 37,264 sq. mi. (96,514 sq. km). Cap.: Amman.
- Place Namesa river in SW Asia, flowing from S Lebanon through the Sea of Galilee, then S between Israel and Jordan through W Jordan into the Dead Sea. 200 mi. (320 km) long.
- a male given name.
Jor•da•ni•an ( jôr dā′nē ən),USA pronunciation n., adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Jordan /ˈdʒɔːdən/ n - a kingdom in SW Asia: coextensive with the biblical Moab, Gilead, and Edom; made a League of Nations mandate and emirate under British control in 1922 and became an independent kingdom in 1946; territories west of the River Jordan and the Jordanian part of Jerusalem (intended to be part of an autonomous Palestine) were occupied by Israel after the war of 1967. It contains part of the Great Rift Valley and consists mostly of desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Amman. Pop: 5 613 000 (2004 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles)
Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Former name (1922–49): Trans-Jordan - the chief and only perennial river of Israel and Jordan, rising in several headstreams in Syria and Lebanon, and flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea: occupies the N end of the Great Rift Valley system and lies mostly below sea level. Length: over 320 km (200 miles)
Jordan /ˈdʒɔːdən/ n - Michael (Jeffrey). born 1963, US basketball player
- Neil. born 1950, Irish film director and writer; his films include The Company of Wolves (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), The Crying Game (1992), Michael Collins (1996), The End of the Affair (2000), and The Brave One (2007)
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