Definition of Jordan river

1. Noun. A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan.

Exact synonyms: Jordan
Group relationships: Canaan, Holy Land, Palestine, Promised Land
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jordan River

Jongian
Jonnesco's fossa
Jonny-come-lately
Jonquil
Jonquière
Jons Jakob Berzelius
Jonson
Jonsonesque
Jonsonian
Jonston's area
Jonty
Joplin
Joppa
Jordan
Jordan's rule
Jordan River
Jordan almond
Jordan curve
Jordanella
Jordanella floridae
Jordanian
Jordanian Sign Language
Jordanian dinar
Jordanian monetary unit
Jordanians
Jordyn
Jorge Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Jorja

Literary usage of Jordan river

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"2.5 The jordan river Owing to the general aridity of the region, ... The Jordan River, the third largest perennial river in the Middle East, receives most ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The plaintiff insists that the Surplus canal was constructed to relieve the Jordan river during freshets or high water: to carry a ..."

3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1900)
"1; "the jordan river," i. 5. Further, there are several passages which suggest mistranslation of an Aramaic original, although it is not easy to reconstruct ..."

4. Conservation Assessment for Inland Cutthroat Trout: Distribution, Status and edited by Donald A. Duff (1998)
"Status of the two remnant populations, one each in the Weber River and Jordan River sub-basins is 'at-risk, declining* (ARD) in the Weber River and 'secure, ..."

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