jordan

Noun
  1. A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea;
    John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan (synset 109344807)
    is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    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
    same as: jordan river
  2. An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea (synset 108946959)
    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
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    member holonym: jordanian - a native or inhabitant of Jordan
    belongs to: arab league - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
    has:
    • 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
    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
    same as: hashemite kingdom of jordan

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