jordan
/ˈd͡ʒoːdən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.51 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department."
Etymology
From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden. The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, which in turn is named after Sir John Jordan.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Iordanēs, Ἰορδάνης, יַרְדֵּן, jordan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒoːdən/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Jordans (plural)
iurdan (alternative)
iurdane (alternative)
iurdone (alternative)
yordan (alternative)
iourden (alternative)
iorden (alternative)
jurdon (alternative)
jordon (alternative)
jourdon (alternative)
jordain (alternative)
jurden (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Countries of the world
Synonyms
jordan-pot