a kingdom in SW Asia: coextensive with the biblical Moab, Gilead, and Edom; made a League of Nations mandate and emirate under British control in 1922 and became an independent kingdom in 1946; territories west of the River Jordan and the Jordanian part of Jerusalem (intended to be part of an autonomous Palestine) were occupied by Israel after the war of 1967. It contains part of the Great Rift Valley and consists mostly of desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Amman. Pop: 9 702 353 (2017 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles)
Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Former name (1922–49): Trans-Jordan
2.
the chief and only perennial river of Israel and Jordan, rising in several headstreams in Syria and Lebanon, and flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea: occupies the N end of the Great Rift Valley system and lies mostly below sealevel. Length: over 320 km (200 miles)
Jordan in British English2
(ˈdʒɔːdən)
noun
1.
Michael (Jeffrey). born 1963, US basketball player
2.
Neil. born 1950, Irish film director and writer; his films include The Company of Wolves (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), The Crying Game (1992), Michael Collins (1996), The End of the Affair (2000), and The Brave One (2007)
Jordan in American English1
(ˈdʒɔrdən)
noun
a masculine and feminine name
Jordan in American English2
(ˈdʒɔrdən)
David Starr (stɑr) 1851-1931; U.S. educator & naturalist
Jordan in American English3
(ˈdʒɔrdən)
1.
river in the Near East, flowing from the Anti-Lebanon mountains south through the Sea of Galilee, through Jordan, into the Dead Sea: 200mi (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