ALL meanings of jordan
jor·dan
J j - noun jordan Michael Jeffrey ("Air Jordan"; "His Airness") born 1963, U.S. basketball player. 1
- noun jordan Official name Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. a kingdom in SW Asia, consisting of the former Transjordan and a part of Palestine that, since 1967, has been occupied by Israel. 37,264 sq. mi. (96,514 sq. km). Capital: Amman. 1
- noun jordan a river in SW Asia, flowing from S Lebanon through the Sea of Galilee, then S between Israel and Jordan through W Jordan into the Dead Sea. 200 miles (320 km) long. 1
- noun jordan a male given name. 1
- noun jordan Middle East country 1
- noun jordan river in the Middle East 1
- noun jordan Michael (Jeffrey) (1963–), US basketball player. Playing for the Chicago Bulls 1984–93 and 1995–98, he led them to six titles and was the National Basketball Association's most valuable player five times. He retired in 1993 to play professional baseball, but returned to basketball in 1995, playing for the Bulls until 1999 and for the Washington Wizards 2001–03. 1
- noun jordan Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician. 1
- noun jordan David Starr [stahr] /stɑr/ (Show IPA), 1851–1931, U.S. biologist and educator. 1
- noun jordan June, 1936–2002, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist. 1
- noun jordan Marie Ennemond Camille [ma-ree enuh-mawn ka-mee-yuh] /maˈri ɛnəˈmɔ̃ kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1838–1922, French mathematician. 1
- noun jordan 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: 6 482 081 (2013 est). Area: 89 185 sq km (34 434 sq miles) 0
- noun jordan 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 sea level. Length: over 320 km (200 miles) 0
- noun jordan Michael (Jeffrey). born 1963, US basketball player 0
- noun jordan 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) 0
- noun jordan a masculine and feminine name 0
- noun jordan David Starr (stɑr ) ; stär) 1851-1931; U.S. educator & naturalist 0
- noun jordan river in the Near East, flowing from the Anti-Lebanon mountains south through the Sea of Galilee, through Jordan, into the Dead Sea: 200 mi (322 km) 0
- noun jordan country in the Near East, east of Israel: 37,738 sq mi (97,741 sq km); pop. 2,133,000; cap. Amman 0