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jordan

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[ jawr-dn ]

noun

British Dialect.


Jordan

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[ jawr-dn; French zhawr-dahn ]

noun

  1. Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  2. Da·vid Starr [dey, -vid , stahr], 1851–1931, U.S. biologist and educator.
  3. June, 1936–2002, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist.
  4. Ma·rie En·ne·mond Ca·mille [m, a, -, ree, en, uh, -, mawn, k, a, -, mee, -y, uh], 1838–1922, French mathematician.
  5. Michael Jeffrey Air JordanHis Airness, born 1963, U.S. basketball player.
  6. Official_name Hash·e·mite King·dom of Jor·dan [hash, -, uh, -mahyt , king, -d, uh, m , uh, v , jawr, -dn]. a kingdom in southwest Asia, consisting of the former Transjordan and a part of Palestine that, since 1967, has been occupied by Israel. 37,264 square miles (96,514 square kilometers). : Amman.
  7. a river in southwest Asia, flowing from southern Lebanon through the Sea of Galilee, then south between Israel and Jordan through western Jordan into the Dead Sea. 200 miles (320 kilometers) long.
  8. a male given name.

Jordan

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/ ˈɔːə /

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: 6 482 081 (2013 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles) Official nameHashemite 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)
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Jordan

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/ ˈɔːə /

noun

  1. JordanMichael (Jeffrey)1963MUSSPORT AND GAMES: basketball player Michael ( Jeffrey ). born 1963, US basketball player
  2. JordanNeil1950MIrishFILMS AND TV: directorWRITING: writer 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Jordan

  1. Monarchy in the Middle East , bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and Israel to the west. Amman is its capital and largest city.
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Notes

Jordan is an Arab nation.
King Hussein, a controversial figure in Middle Eastern affairs, ruled from 1953 until his death in 2000. Although he tried to maintain cordial relations with the West, he opposed the Egypt (see also Egypt )- Israel peace agreement of 1979, endorsed the Palestine Liberation Organization , and refused to join the alliance against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War .
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·پ-ǰ·岹 adjective
  • ǰ·岹·Ծ· [jawr-, dey, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
  • -ǰ·岹 adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of jordan1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English jurdan “urinal,” perhaps after the river Jordan, by coarse jesting
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Arriving in Tampa this week, they settled into the best team hotel available — a perk bestowed to the highest seed in the tournament — and unwrapped Jordan Brand swag bags.

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Projecting that he’ll produce close to those numbers for three more seasons — when he turns 40 — Curry would approach 30,000 points, a number attained by only eight players: From the top, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain and Kevin Durant.

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And he offered an enthusiastic endorsement of the energy former Hutchinson and now-USC teammate Waymond Jordan Jr. is bringing to the Trojans this spring.

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“He worked hard, you know, fought for everything he wanted,” Reed said of Jordan, whose nickname is the “The Junk Yard Dog.”

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