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Encyclopedia > Jordan (disambiguation)

The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Hebrew Yarden, meaning "one which descends", and assimilated into Latin as Jordanus. In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in French Jourdain, and in Catalan Jordà. “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Jordanus is the Latin form of Jordan and refers to: Jordanus Nemorarius (b. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Umberto Giordano (August 28, 1867 - November 12, 1948) was a composer, mainly of opera. ... Jordán may refer to: Elisabeth Jordán, a Spanish actress Germán Jordán Province, province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Jordán Pond, pond inside city Tábor, South Bohemian Region, the Czech Republic Giordano Jordan (disambiguation) Jordanus Jourdain Category: ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...

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Middle eastern geography

Jordan is the name of a street in the northern part of Tehran, Iran. ... Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River Road sign The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. ...

United States geography

Jordan is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. ... Near North is a community on the north side of Minneapolis. ... Jordan is a town located in Garfield County, Montana. ... Jordan is a village located in Onondaga County, New York. ... Jordan is a town located in Green County, Wisconsin. ... Jordan Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Jordan Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Jordan Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Other geography

Jordan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Guimaras, Philippines. ... Nathan Road, near corner with Jordan Road, in Jordan, at night. ... The Jordan River is a minor river in the South Island of New Zealand. ... Location of Jordán in the Czech Republic View on Jordán from its levee Jordán Pond (Czech: ) is a pond inside city Tábor, South Bohemian Region, the Czech Republic. ... SW corner of the Žižka square as viewed from the church tower. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... Brdy are hills in the Czech Republic. ... Sázava is a river in the Czech Republic. ...

Christianity

Raymundus Jordanus, best known by his Latin nom de plume Idiota (the Idiot) though this identification is disputed by some, was an ancient, learned and pious writer whose identity remained unknown for some centuries. ... Jordan (? – 982 or 984) - since 968 first bishop of Poland with seat in Poznan. ... Jordan (Italian: Giordano da Clivio) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1 January 1112 to his death on 4 October 1120. ... Fresco of Jordan in the convent at Worms. ... Jordanus or Jordan Catalani (f. ... McCormick Hall, American College of Tehran, circa 1930. ...

Nobility

Alphonse I (1103–1148), Count of Toulouse, son of Count Raymond IV by his third wife, Elvira of Castile, was born in the castle of Mont-Pelerin, Tripoli, in todays Lebanon. ... Jordan I (Italian: Giordano) (d. ... Jordan II (Italian: Giordano) (c. ... Jordan (died 12 August 1127), count of Ariano (from 1102), was a petty baron in Apulia during the reign of the Duke William II. He was the son and successor of Count Eribert and Altrude of Buonalbergo. ... Jordan of Hauteville (died 12, 18, or 19 September 1091 or 1092) was the eldest son and bastard of Roger I of Sicily. ... William-Jordan (died 1109) was Count of Cerdagne and regent of County of Tripoli since 1105. ... Jordan Lancia or Lanzia (Italian: ; died 1268) was a Swabian count who served as marshal to Manfred of Sicily and acted as his commander in the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Tuscany. ... Jordan IV (died 1288) was the Lord of LIsle-Jourdain and a vassal of Alfonso of Poitou. ...

Modelling

For the 1970s fashion model, see Jordan (Pamela Rooke). ... Jordan outside the SEX shop front Jordan (born Pamela Rooke on 26 June 1955) in Seaford, East Sussex, is a model and actress noted for her work with Vivienne Westwood and the SEX boutique in the Kings Road area of London in the mid-1970s. ...

Film

Jordan Kerner is a producer. ... Neil Jordan is an Academy Award winning Irish filmmaker and novelist. ...

Politics

Giordano (or Jordan) Pierleoni (in contemporary Latin, Jordanus filius Petrus Leonis) was the brother of Antipope Anacletus II and leader of the Commune of Rome which the people set up in 1143. ... William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (September 21, 1944) served as White House Chief of Staff in 1979 - 1980 and was a key advisor and strategist for President Jimmy Carter of the United States of America. ... ... Robert Jordan is a lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. ...

Music

Jordan is a song by Buckethead. ... Buckethead (born Brian Carroll in 1969), is an American guitarist and composer. ... Armin Jordan (9 April 1932 – 20 September 2006), was a Swiss conductor. ... Benn Lee Jordan is an electronica musician operating under many pseudonyms. ... An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American blues, jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... Sasquatch 04:24, August 13, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Jordan Pruitt (born on May 19, 1991 in Loganville, Georgia), is a songwriter and pop artist signed to Hollywood Records. ... Jordan Waring (b. ... Jordin Brianna Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American Idol finalist. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... William Billings (October 7, 1746 - September 26, 1800), American choral composer, is regarded as the father of American choral music and hymnody. ...

Literature

Brent Jordan Brent Kenton Jordan (b. ... For other persons named Robert Jordan, see Robert Jordan (disambiguation). ... The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

Science

David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan, Ph. ... Pascual Jordan (October 18, 1902 in Hanover - July 31, 1980 in Hamburg) was a German physicist. ... Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc (born Texas, USA) is a scientist specializing in drugs for breast cancer treatment and prevention. ... Wilhelm Jordan (1842–1899) was a German geodesist who did surveys in Germany and Africa and founded the German geodesy journal. ... Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (January 5, 1838 – January 22, 1922) was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours danalyse. ...

Sports

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Eddie Jordan Edmund Eddie Jordan (born March 30, 1948) is founder, owner, and team principal of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Eddie Jordan, founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, greets the fans in Montreal in 1996 Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Brian ONeal Jordan (born March 29, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is currently a free agent first baseman. ...

Mathematics

In mathematics, Gauss–Jordan elimination is a version of Gaussian elimination that puts zeros both above and below each pivot element as it goes from the top row of the given matrix to the bottom. ... Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (January 5, 1838 - January 22, 1922) was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours danalyse. ... Jordanus de Nemore according to documents of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuires, but more famouly Jordanus Nemorarius as per Renaissance authors. ... In mathematics, a Jordan algebra is defined in abstract algebra as an algebra over a field with multiplication satisfying the following axioms: (commutative law) (Jordan identity) Jordan algebras were first introduced by Pascual Jordan in quantum mechanics. ... In topology, the Jordan curve theorem states that every non-self-intersecting loop in the plane divides the plane into an inside and an outside. It was proved by Oswald Veblen in 1905. ... In linear algebra, the Jordan normal form, also called the Jordan canonical form, named in honor of the 19th and early 20th-century French mathematician Camille Jordan, answers the question, for a given square matrix M over a field K, to what extent M can be simplified into a standard... In mathematics, the Jordan measure is an extension of the notion of size (length, area, volume) to shapes more complicated than, for example, a triangle, disk, or parallelipiped. ... In linear algebra, the Jordan normal form, also called the Jordan canonical form, named in honor of the 19th and early 20th-century French mathematician Camille Jordan, answers the question, for a given square matrix M over a field K containing the eigenvalues of M, to what extent can M... Jordans lemma in complex analysis is a powerful tool used frequently when evaluating contour integrals. ... In mathematics, the Mathieu groups are five finite simple groups discovered by the French mathematician Emile Léonard Mathieu. ... In mathematics, the Jordan–Schönflies theorem in geometric topology is a sharpening of the Jordan curve theorem in two dimensions. ... In mathematics, a composition series of a group G is a normal series such that each Hi is a maximal normal subgroup of Hi+1. ...

Television

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as the crime-solving medical examiner, Jordan Cavanaugh. ... Tony Jordan on the set of EastEnders Tony Jordan is the lead writer and story consultant for BBC Soap Opera EastEnders and has written for the soap since 1985, he is considered to be a somewhat veteran of the soap. ... Jordan Sullivan, played by Christa Miller, is a character on the TV series Scrubs. ... Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody award-winning American situation comedy that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... Jordan Todosey (born February 8, 1995 in Ontario) is a Canadian actress who is currently starring in Life With Derek as Lizzie McDonald. ... Jill Hennessy in a promo photo for Crossing Jordan Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a fictional character on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan, portrayed by Jill Hennessy. ...

Other

Jordan Almonds Jordan Almonds are a type of confectionery consisting of almonds covered with a hard sugar coating in various pastel colors. ... Jordan Mechner (born 1960s) is a recognized figure in the video game industry as a visionary game designer. ... The Jordan Motor Car Company was founded in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio by Edward S. Jordan, a former advertising executive from Wisconsin. ... Jordan Maxwell has been a researcher and independent scholar in the field of occult and religious philosophy since 1959. ... Jordan Capri is a American pornography model, appearing on the website network of the Lightspeed Media Corporation from Glendale, Arizona, together with Tawnee Stone. ...

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Britain.tv Wikipedia - Jordan (4830 words)
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and both Israel and the West Bank to the west.
Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west.
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country."?title=The per capita GDP was approximately $1,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
Jordan: Map, History and Much More from Answers.com (6521 words)
Petra, the capital of the Nabateans from the 4th century BC until the Romans captured it in 106, was taken by the Muslims in the 7th century and by the Crusaders in the 12th century.
In 1970–71 Jordan was wracked by fighting between the government and guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a struggle that ended with the PLO being expelled from Jordan.
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per capita GDP was approximately $1,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
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