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JORDAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
Synonyms:
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jordan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Jordan"):
Amman; capital of Jordan (the capital and largest city of Jordan)
Akaba; Al Aqabah; Aqaba (Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba)
Az Zarqa; Zarqa (city in northwestern Jordan)
Syrian Desert (a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia)
Dead Sea (a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level)
Meronyms (members of "Jordan"):
Jordanian (a native or inhabitant of Jordan)
Domain member region:
al-Asifa; al-Fatah; Fatah (a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups)
Black September Movement (a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes)
Holonyms ("Jordan" is a part of...):
Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Jordan" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
Derivation:
Jordanian (of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
Synonyms:
Jordan; Jordan River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Jordan" is a part of...):
Canaan; Holy Land; Palestine; Promised Land (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism)
Context examples:
"Let's get out," whispered Jordan, after a somehow wasteful and inappropriate half hour. "This is much too polite for me."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He looked at me sideways—and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
I was still with Jordan Baker.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"Hello Jordan," she called unexpectedly. "Please come here."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night, went on Jordan, but she never did.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Jordan's party were calling impatiently to her from the porch but she lingered for a moment to shake hands.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"He wants to know—" continued Jordan "—if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
It was on the tip of my tongue to ask his name when Jordan looked around and smiled.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"Jordan's going to play in the tournament tomorrow," explained Daisy, "over at Westchester."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Jordan looked at him alertly, cheerfully without answering.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
