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Jor·dan (jôrd'′n)

noun

a masculine and feminine name
Jordan2 definition

Jor·dan (jôrd′'n)

Jordan, David Starr (stär) 1851-1931; U.S. educator & naturalist
Jordan3 definition

Jor·dan (jôrd′'n)

  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

Related Forms:

  • Jordanian Jor·da′·nian (jôr dā′nē ən) adjective, noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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