# Jordan
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
* (Southern US) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən

### Proper noun

Jordan (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
*** 2011 [1978 January 1], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 159:Early the next morning I met with King Hussein of Jordan and then drove to the airport with the shah. All three of us agreed that we ought to give Sadat our support, and on the basis for a Middle East peace.
*** 2019 November 10, “Jordan reclaims 'every inch' of land leased to Israeli farmers”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on November 11, 2019, News‎:Ghamr and Baqura became part of Jordan after the country gained independence from Britain in 1946. The areas were later seized by Israel but eventually incorporated into a peace treaty between the two countries in 1994. The treaty included a long-term lease that would allow Israeli farmers to cultivate the land.
** 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).
** An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong region.
*** 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News‎: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, 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.
** Places in the Philippines:
*** A barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Aguing, Baliw, Ballaigui, Baracbac, Barikir, Battog, Binacud, Cabangtalan, Cabarambanan, Cabulalaan, Cadanglaan, Calanutian, Calingayan, Curtin, Dadalaquiten Norte, Dadalaquiten Sur, Dean Leopoldo Yabes, Duyayyat, Jordan, Katipunan, Macabiag, Magsaysay, Marnay, Masadag, Nagbalioartian, Nagcullooban, Nagongburan, Namnama, Pacis, Paratong, Purag, Quibit-quibit, Quimmallogong, Rang-ay, Ricudo, Sabañgan, Sallacapo, Santa Cruz, Sapriana, Tapao, Teppeng, Tubigay, Ubbog, Zapat — barangays of Sinait
*** A municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines. Jordan, Guimaras on Wikipedia
    Meronyms: Alaguisoc, Balcon Maravilla, Balcon Melliza, Bugnay, Buluangan, Espinosa, Hoskyn, Lawi, Morobuan, Poblacion, Rizal, San Miguel, Santa Teresa, Sinapsapan — barangays of Jordan
    Coordinate terms: Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo, Sibunag — municipalities of Guimaras
*** A barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Abijao, Balite, Bangcal, Bugabuga, Cabunga-an, Cabungahan, Cagnocot, Cahigan, Calbugos, Camporog, Canquiason, Capinyahan, Casili-on, Catagbacan, Fatima, Hibulangan, Hinabuyan, Iligay, Jalas, Jordan, Libagong, New Balanac, Payao, Poblacion Norte, Poblacion Sur, Sambulawan, San Francisco, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Silad, Suba, Sulpa, Tabunok, Tagbubunga, Tinghub — barangays of Villaba
* 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 surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

#### Derived terms

* Jordan almond
* Jordan block
* Jordan curve
* Jordanesque
* Jordanian
* Jordanianism
* Jordanianness
* Jordan matrix
* Jordan network
* Jordan rule
* South Jordan

#### Translations

Afrikaans: Jordaan, Jordaanrivier
Aghwan: 𐔺𐕒𐕙𐔳𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 (yordanan)
Arabic: الْأُرْدُن (ar) m (al-ʔurdun), الْأُرْدُنّ (ar) m (al-ʔurdunn)
Armenian: Հորդանան (Hordanan)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܪܕܢܵܢ (yurdnan)
Bulgarian: Йорда́н m (Jordán)
Catalan: Jordà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約旦 / 约旦 (zh) (Yuēdàn), 約旦河 / 约旦河 (zh) (Yuēdànhé)
Czech: Jordán (cs) m
Danish: Jordan (da)
Dutch: Jordaan m
Egyptian: (yrdwnꜣ m)
Esperanto: Jordano
Estonian: Jordan (et)
Faroese: Jordan f
Finnish: Jordan (fi)
French: Jourdain (fr) m
Georgian: იორდანე (iordane)
German: Jordan (de) m
Greek: Ιορδάνης (el) m (Iordánis)
Ancient: Ἰορδάνης m (Iordánēs)
Hebrew: יַרְדֵּן (he) (yardén)
Hindi: यर्दन f (yardan), यर्दन नदी f (Yardan nadī), यर्दन नदी f (Yardan nadī)
Hungarian: Jordán (hu)
Icelandic: Jórdan f
Ido: Jordan (io)
Irish: An Iordáin f
Italian: Giordano (it) m
Japanese: ヨルダン川 (Yorudan-gawa)
Latin: Iordanēs m, Jordanēs m
Latvian: Jordāna f
Lithuanian: Jordanas
Macedonian: Јордан (mk) m (Jordan)
Manchu: ᡳᠣᡵᡩᠠᠩ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (iordang bira)
Maori: Hōrano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jordan (no)
Nynorsk: Jordan (nn)
Occitan: Jordan m
Ottoman Turkish: یوردان (Yurdan)
Plautdietsch: Jordan m
Polish: Jordan (pl) m
Portuguese: Jordão (pt) m
Romanian: Iordan n
Russian: Иорда́н (ru) m (Iordán), Ярде́на f (Jardɛ́na)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јо̀рдан m
Roman: Jòrdan (sh) m
Spanish: Jordán (es) m
Swedish: Jordan (sv)
Ukrainian: Йорда́н m (Jordán) :

### See also

* Countries of the world
* 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

* ↑ Ordnance Survey

### Further reading

* Jordan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

### Anagrams

* Jardon

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.

### Proper noun

Jordan
* 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
### Proper noun

Jordan
* 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

* jordaner
* jordansk

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjordɑn/, [ˈjo̞rdɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -ordɑn
* Hyphenation: Jor‧dan

### Etymology 1

From Latin Iordanēs.

#### Proper noun

Jordan
* 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

Possessive forms of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanini
accusative
nom.
Jordanini
gen.
Jordanini
genitive
Jordanini
partitive
Jordaniani
inessive
Jordanissani
elative
Jordanistani
illative
Jordaniini
adessive
Jordanillani
ablative
Jordaniltani
allative
Jordanilleni
essive
Jordaninani
translative
Jordanikseni
abessive
Jordanittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanisi
accusative
nom.
Jordanisi
gen.
Jordanisi
genitive
Jordanisi
partitive
Jordaniasi
inessive
Jordanissasi
elative
Jordanistasi
illative
Jordaniisi
adessive
Jordanillasi
ablative
Jordaniltasi
allative
Jordanillesi
essive
Jordaninasi
translative
Jordaniksesi
abessive
Jordanittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanimme
accusative
nom.
Jordanimme
gen.
Jordanimme
genitive
Jordanimme
partitive
Jordaniamme
inessive
Jordanissamme
elative
Jordanistamme
illative
Jordaniimme
adessive
Jordanillamme
ablative
Jordaniltamme
allative
Jordanillemme
essive
Jordaninamme
translative
Jordaniksemme
abessive
Jordanittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordaninne
accusative
nom.
Jordaninne
gen.
Jordaninne
genitive
Jordaninne
partitive
Jordanianne
inessive
Jordanissanne
elative
Jordanistanne
illative
Jordaniinne
adessive
Jordanillanne
ablative
Jordaniltanne
allative
Jordanillenne
essive
Jordaninanne
translative
Jordaniksenne
abessive
Jordanittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordaninsa
accusative
nom.
Jordaninsa
gen.
Jordaninsa
genitive
Jordaninsa
partitive
Jordaniaan Jordaniansa
inessive
Jordanissaan Jordanissansa
elative
Jordanistaan Jordanistansa
illative
Jordaniinsa
adessive
Jordanillaan Jordanillansa
ablative
Jordaniltaan Jordaniltansa
allative
Jordanilleen Jordanillensa
essive
Jordaninaan Jordaninansa
translative
Jordanikseen Jordaniksensa
abessive
Jordanittaan Jordanittansa
instructive
comitative

### Etymology 2

From a given name, Gothic [Term?].

#### Proper noun

Jordan (rare)
* a Finnish surname

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Jordan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanini
Jordanini
accusative
nom.
Jordanini
Jordanini
gen.
Jordanini
genitive
Jordanini
Jordanieni
partitive
Jordaniani
Jordanejani
inessive
Jordanissani
Jordaneissani
elative
Jordanistani
Jordaneistani
illative
Jordaniini
Jordaneihini
adessive
Jordanillani
Jordaneillani
ablative
Jordaniltani
Jordaneiltani
allative
Jordanilleni
Jordaneilleni
essive
Jordaninani
Jordaneinani
translative
Jordanikseni
Jordaneikseni
abessive
Jordanittani
Jordaneittani
instructive
comitative
—Jordaneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanisi
Jordanisi
accusative
nom.
Jordanisi
Jordanisi
gen.
Jordanisi
genitive
Jordanisi
Jordaniesi
partitive
Jordaniasi
Jordanejasi
inessive
Jordanissasi
Jordaneissasi
elative
Jordanistasi
Jordaneistasi
illative
Jordaniisi
Jordaneihisi
adessive
Jordanillasi
Jordaneillasi
ablative
Jordaniltasi
Jordaneiltasi
allative
Jordanillesi
Jordaneillesi
essive
Jordaninasi
Jordaneinasi
translative
Jordaniksesi
Jordaneiksesi
abessive
Jordanittasi
Jordaneittasi
instructive
comitative
—Jordaneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordanimme
Jordanimme
accusative
nom.
Jordanimme
Jordanimme
gen.
Jordanimme
genitive
Jordanimme
Jordaniemme
partitive
Jordaniamme
Jordanejamme
inessive
Jordanissamme
Jordaneissamme
elative
Jordanistamme
Jordaneistamme
illative
Jordaniimme
Jordaneihimme
adessive
Jordanillamme
Jordaneillamme
ablative
Jordaniltamme
Jordaneiltamme
allative
Jordanillemme
Jordaneillemme
essive
Jordaninamme
Jordaneinamme
translative
Jordaniksemme
Jordaneiksemme
abessive
Jordanittamme
Jordaneittamme
instructive
comitative
—Jordaneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordaninne
Jordaninne
accusative
nom.
Jordaninne
Jordaninne
gen.
Jordaninne
genitive
Jordaninne
Jordanienne
partitive
Jordanianne
Jordanejanne
inessive
Jordanissanne
Jordaneissanne
elative
Jordanistanne
Jordaneistanne
illative
Jordaniinne
Jordaneihinne
adessive
Jordanillanne
Jordaneillanne
ablative
Jordaniltanne
Jordaneiltanne
allative
Jordanillenne
Jordaneillenne
essive
Jordaninanne
Jordaneinanne
translative
Jordaniksenne
Jordaneiksenne
abessive
Jordanittanne
Jordaneittanne
instructive
comitative
—Jordaneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Jordaninsa
Jordaninsa
accusative
nom.
Jordaninsa
Jordaninsa
gen.
Jordaninsa
genitive
Jordaninsa
Jordaniensa
partitive
Jordaniaan Jordaniansa
Jordanejaan Jordanejansa
inessive
Jordanissaan Jordanissansa
Jordaneissaan Jordaneissansa
elative
Jordanistaan Jordanistansa
Jordaneistaan Jordaneistansa
illative
Jordaniinsa
Jordaneihinsa
adessive
Jordanillaan Jordanillansa
Jordaneillaan Jordaneillansa
ablative
Jordaniltaan Jordaniltansa
Jordaneiltaan Jordaneiltansa
allative
Jordanilleen Jordanillensa
Jordaneilleen Jordaneillensa
essive
Jordaninaan Jordaninansa
Jordaneinaan Jordaneinansa
translative
Jordanikseen Jordaniksensa
Jordaneikseen Jordaneiksensa
abessive
Jordanittaan Jordanittansa
Jordaneittaan Jordaneittansa
instructive
comitative
—Jordaneineen Jordaneinensa :

##### Statistics

* 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

* ↑ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɔʁ.dan/, (rare) /dʒɔʁ.dan/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Jordan m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɔʁˌdaːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

der 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

* Jordanien

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

### Proper noun

Jordan
* 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

* jordaner
* jordansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From jor- (“wild boar”) +‎ dan (“Dane”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²juːrdan/, /²juːɖan/

#### Proper noun

Jordan m (definite Jordanen)
* a male given name

#### References

* Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Dan”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

### Etymology 2

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

#### Proper noun

Jordan
* 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

* jordanar
* jordansk

## Occitan
### Proper noun

Jordan m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jǒrdan/
* Hyphenation: Jor‧dan

### Proper noun

Jòrdan 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
## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Jordan
* Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    Synonym: Yordani

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

### Proper noun

Jordan 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
### Proper noun

Jordan
* Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

### References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20050112143207/http://www.azatliq.org/news/international/tb/archives/2005/01/06.ASP