Jordanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːdən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔɹdən/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)dən

固有名詞

Jordan (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Jordans)

1. A placename
   2. A river in the Middle East that empties into the Dead Sea.
   4. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; named after the river.
   5. A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana, United States.
2. A unisex given name from Hebrew
   1. A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
      • 1989 Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press 1998, →ISBN, pages 3-4:

        I call him Jordan and it will do. He has no other name before or after. What was there to call him, fished as he was from the stinking Thames? A child can't be called Thames, no and not Nile either, for all his likeness to Moses. But I wanted to give him a river name, a name not bound to anything, just as the waters aren't bound to anything.

   2. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
3. A surname derived from the male given name.

派生語

参考

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

アナグラム

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