jordan

Definition of Jordan in English :

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Noun

1. jordan, jordan river

a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan

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2. hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordan

an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea

hashemite kingdom of jordan

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jordan

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noun

1.

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: 9 702 353 (2017 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles)

. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Former name (1922–49): Trans-Jordan

2.

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)

noun

1.

Michael (Jeffrey). born 1963, US basketball player

2.

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)

Jordan

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a masculine and feminine name

David Starr (stɑr ) ; stär) 1851-1931; U.S. educator & naturalist

1.

river in the Near East, flowing from the Anti-Lebanon mountains south through the Sea of Galilee, through Jordan, into the Dead Sea: 200 mi (322 km)

2.

country in the Near East, east of Israel: 37,738 sq mi (97,741 sq km); pop. 2,133,000; cap. Amman

: official name ; the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan

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A country of southwest Asia in northwest Arabia. Inhabited in ancient times by various Semitic peoples such as the Moabites and the Nabataeans, the area was conquered by the Romans (first century AD), Arabs (seventh century), and Ottoman Turks, who held it from 1516 until World War I. As Transjordan the country became part of the British mandate of Palestine in 1920, gaining independence in 1946. It was renamed Jordan in 1949 after acquiring the West Bank, which it later renounced in 1974. Amman is the capital and the largest city.

American ichthyologist and educator who published important works on North American fishes and served as the first president of Stanford University (1891-1913).

American basketball player. A guard mostly with the Chicago Bulls (1984-1993, 1994-1998), he set a National Basketball Association record for most seasons leading the league in scoring (10), and was named most valuable player five times.

American politician. An eloquent spokesperson for the rights of the disadvantaged, she served as a US representative from Texas (1973-1979).

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