From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jordan \Jordan\ prop. n.
A landlocked country of the Middle East, surrounded by
Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and that area on the
west bank of the Jordan river which was once claimed by
Jordan, and is at present occupied by Israel and in part
governed by a Palestinian authority. It has a population of
4,212,152 (1996) in a total area of 89,213 sq km. The
population is predominantly Arab and Moslem. Officially known
as the {Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan}, it was formerly called
{Trans-Jordan} when occupied by the British. The government
is a constitutional monarchy, with King Hussein Bin Talal Al
Hashimi as its ruler since 2 May 1953. Jordan is a small
developing Arab country, having a Gross Domestic Product of
$19.3 billion in 1995. --CIA Factbook 1996.
[PJC] Jordan
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jordan \Jor"dan\, Jorden \Jor"den\, n. [Prob. fr. the river
Jordan, and shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water
from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by
physicians and alchemists. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]
2. A chamber pot. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jordan
n 1: a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John
the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan [syn: {Jordan},
{Jordan River}]
2: an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea [syn:
{Jordan}, {Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan}]
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