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  • 11JORDAN (P.) — JORDAN PASCUAL (1902 1980) Physicien allemand né à Hanovre et mort à Hambourg. Professeur aux universités de Rostock, de Berlin, de Hambourg, théoricien possédant un grand pouvoir d’abstraction et de synthèse, Pascual Jordan s’est intéressé… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 12Jordan — Jor dan, Jorden Jor den, n. [Prob. fr. the river Jordan, and shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims.] [1913 Webster] 1. A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Jordan —    Jordan s rich religious history is punctuated by the entrance of Christianity in the first century C.E. and the establishment of Muslim dominance in the seventh century.    Thanks to the weakening of the ottoman Empire, Protestantism was… …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 14Jordan, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 3833 Housing Units (2000): 1423 Land area (2000): 2.613680 sq. miles (6.769401 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.022625 sq. miles (0.058599 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.636305 sq. miles (6.828000 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 15Jordan, MT — U.S. town in Montana Population (2000): 364 Housing Units (2000): 233 Land area (2000): 0.355158 sq. miles (0.919855 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.355158 sq. miles (0.919855 sq. km) FIPS code …

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  • 16Jordan, NY — U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 1314 Housing Units (2000): 542 Land area (2000): 1.155944 sq. miles (2.993882 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.155944 sq. miles (2.993882 sq. km) FIPS …

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  • 17jordán — (Por alus. al río Jordán). m. Cosa que remoza, hermosea y purifica. ir alguien al Jordán. fr. coloq. Remozarse o convalecer …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 18Jordan — Jordan1 [jôrd ′n] n. a masculine and feminine name Jordan2 [jôrd′ n] David Starr [stär] 1851 1931; U.S. educator & naturalist Jordan3 [jôrd′ n] 1. river in the Near East, flowing from the Anti Lebanon mountains south through the Sea of Galilee,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 19Jordan — Jordan, der heilige Fluß, durch welchen die Israeliten auf ihrem Pilgerzuge nach dem gelobten Lande trockenen Fußes zogen, und in welchem der Erlöser von Johannes getauft wurde. Er durchströmt einen Theil Kleinasiens, das ehemalige Palästina,… …

    Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • 20Jordan — m English and German: originally a name given to a child (of either sex) baptized in holy water that was, purportedly at least, brought from the River Jordan, whose Hebrew name, ha yarden, means ‘flowing down’. It was in this river that Christ… …

    First names dictionary