Jordan River
3
3.9
- proper noun
:
río Jordán
- We stand here... ...on the banks of the Jordan River... ...where the people of Israel once crossed... ...so triumphantly... ...in their God-driven wanderings toward freedom!
- Jordan River Basin
- waters of the Jordan River
- banks of the Jordan River
OK, the Dead Sea is also fed by the Jordan River.
- OK, the Dead Sea is also fed by the Jordan River.
- Jews have lived in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea for millennia.
- They want all the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to be part of a Jewish state.
- We need military presence along the Jordan River, but I'm confident that this is something which is solvable and possible.
Examples
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Since the onset of the occupation, 60 percent of Israel's water has also been taken from the Jordan River.
Academic text (2008) -
Israel's motivation in claiming the 1923 border was largely based on the will to keep the Jordan River sources under its sovereignty.
Academic text (2008) -
How is it that the Jordan River feeds both of these bodies of water, but one is alive and one's totally dead?
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Everything east of the Jordan River should go to Iraq, everything west to Israel.
Fiction book (1993) -
Refugees were settled on both banks of the Jordan River.
Academic text (2013) -
Israel and Jordan have held secret "picnic table" talks on managing the Jordan River.
Academic text (2008) -
Jews have lived in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea for millennia.
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The Jordan River basin is shared by four countries: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
Academic text (1995) -
The Jordan River is generally considered to have an average flow of approximately 1,400 million cubic meters per year.
Academic text (2008) -
The Jordan River is a vital water source for both Israel and Jordan.
Synonyms
32
3.2
A river in the Middle East that flows into the Dead Sea and where Jesus was baptized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward place name: 'Jordan' identifies the specific name and 'river' denotes the geographic feature, so the overall meaning is directly compositional and referential. This naming pattern (name + river) is cross-linguistically common and non-idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Jordan River comes from an old word meaning 'to go down', because the river flows down from the hills into the very low Dead Sea. So the name fits the river's path and helps explain why it is important in many Bible stories.