jordan

plural jordans · alternative iurdan · alternative iurdane · alternative iurdone · alternative yordan · alternative iourden · alternative iorden · alternative jurdon · alternative jordon · alternative jourdon · alternative jordain · alternative jurden · alternative jourdan · alternative jorden

1. obsoleteA vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists.

   Make a good lute... and þerwiþ daub þi Iordan al aboute... and putte al þi mater in þe Iordan and hange it ouer þe fier by þe necke þᵗ þe glas be almoost an hond brede fro þe coolis.

   15th c., Sloane MS. 73, p. 133

2. obsoleteA chamber pot.

   2.Car. Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney: and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.

   c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

   Synonyms: jordan-pot

plural Jordans

1. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan.
   2. countableuncountableA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman.

      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 [1978 January 1], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 159

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      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.

      2019 November 10, “Jordan reclaims 'every inch' of land leased to Israeli farmers”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2019, News

   3. countableuncountableThe name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
   8. countableuncountableA city in Scott County, Minnesota.
   9. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
   11. countableuncountableA small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.
   12. countableuncountableA village in Onondaga County, New York.
   13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
   14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.
   15. countableuncountableA town in Green County, Wisconsin.
   16. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.
   17. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.
   18. countableuncountableA community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
   19. countableuncountableA small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092).
   20. countableuncountableAn area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

       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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2023, News

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       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.

       2024 April 10, Hillary Leung, “At least 5 dead, over 30 injured after fire in Hong Kong building”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024, Hong Kong

   21. countableuncountableA barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
   22. countableuncountableA municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines.
   23. countableuncountableA barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines.
2. A unisex given name from Hebrew.
   1. countableuncountableA male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.

      Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.

      2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022

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      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, →ISBN, pages 3–4

      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.

      2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 May 2025

   2. countableuncountableA female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
3. countableuncountableA surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.