Definition of "Jordan"

A placename:

1. 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.  examples

2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • 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.

     2011 , Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎, page 159

3. The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).  examples

4. A number of places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.  examples

   4. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.  examples

   5. A city in Scott County, Minnesota.  examples

   6. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  examples

   7. An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.  examples

   8. A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.  examples

   9. A village in Onondaga County, New York.  examples

   10. An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.  examples

   12. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.  examples

   13. An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.  examples

   14. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.  examples

5. A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.  examples

6. A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092).  examples

7. An area in Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.

     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, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News‎

8. A municipality, the capital of Guimaras province, Philippines.  examples

A unisex given name from Hebrew

1. A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • 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.

     1989, Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press, published 1998, pages 3–4

2. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.  examples

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.  examples