Etymology

Jordanstown

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Today it means: A townland and suburban area in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Full definition →

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The story

From Jordan + -s- + town; named after an Anglo-Norman family called Jordan who accompanied John de Courcy to Carrickfergus in 1182.

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