Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A native or inhabitant of Jordan.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Jordan{1}.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Jordan.

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  • noun A person from Jordan or of Jordanian descent.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people.

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  • noun a native or inhabitant of Jordan
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people

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Examples

  • The anti-Israel alliance hailed what it called the Jordanian people's "rejection" of the peace treaty with Israel and pledged to keep up is backing for "resistance against Zionist occupation."

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Would letting the ‘king’ keep his bogus free trade agreement — the one where he sells us clothes made by Indonesians or whomever in Jordanian sweatshops — count as an incentive?

    Matthew Yglesias » Jordan Option 2007

  • Royal Jordanian is running these little flights that come in from Oman.

    Iraq's Walled City 2004

  • Royal Jordanian is running these little flights that come in from Oman.

    Iraq's Walled City 2004

  • The second group in Jordanian society is composed of west bank (of the Jordan) Palestinians.

    The Lesson of Iraq 1969

  • The second group in Jordanian society is composed of west bank (of the Jordan) Palestinians.

    The Lesson of Iraq 1958

  • He called the Jordanian handler and said, look, I have got to talk to these people at the CIA base in Khost, can you take me there?

    CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2010 2010

  • The bomber now identified as a Jordanian man with the name al-Balawi.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010 2010

  • As Walid Shoebat (former PLO terrorist remarked) "how come that before 1948 I was described as Jordanian and afterwards as Palestinian?"

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Third, Both Amman and Cairo as well as a Palestinian semi-consensus decisively rule out an old Israeli alternative to annex the West Bank to Jordan (the so-called Jordanian option) and Gaza Strip to Egypt.

    Palestinians Trapped at Crossroads 2008

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