Jordan (disambiguation)
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Jordan is a country in the Middle East.
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Jordan may also refer to:
[edit] Middle Eastern geography
- Jordan, Tehran
- Jordan River
- Jordan Street, a street in Baghdad
[edit] United States geography
- Jordan, Minnesota
- Jordan, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jordan, Montana
- Jordan, New York
- Jordan, Wisconsin
- Jordan Township, Pennsylvania
[edit] Other geography
- Jordan, Guimaras, Philippines
- Jordan, Hong Kong
- Jordan River, New Zealand
- Czech republic
- Jordán Pond – fishpond in town Tábor
- Jordán (Chlum) – fishpond near by Chlum
- Jordán (brook) – small brook by Labe
- Jordán (Brdy) – hill in Brdy
- Jordán (Posázaví) – hill near by Sázava river
[edit] Christianity
- Jordan (bishop of Poland) (d. 982 or 984), first bishop of Poland
- Jordan of Clivio (d.1120), archbishop of Milan
- Jordan of Saxony (d.1237), Dominican master general
- Jordan Catalani (d.1330), Dominican missionary and explorer
[edit] Nobility
- Alfonso Jordan (d. 1148), count of Toulouse and Tripoli
- Jordan I of Capua, prince of Capua
- Jordan II of Capua, prince of Capua
- Jordan of Ariano (d. 1127), Norman count
- Jordan of Hauteville (d. 1092), count of Syracuse
- William-Jordan (d. 1109), count of Cerdagne and Tripoli
- Jordan IV (d. 1288), Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain
[edit] Modelling
- Jordan (Katie Price) (born 1978), British glamour model
- Jordan (Pamela Rooke) (born 1955), a British fashion model and actress
- Jordan Capri, a nude teen model
[edit] Politics
- Jordan Pierleoni, leader of the Commune of Rome
[edit] People with the given name or surname Jordan
[edit] Music
- Jordan (song), a Buckethead song.
- Jordan, a hymn tune by American shape-note composer William Billings
- Jordan a song the album Kopfschuss by the band Megaherz
- Jordan Rudess, the current keyboardist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
- Jordan, a song by the English folk band Bellowhead.
[edit] Sports
- Michael Jordan, former NBA player and current Managing Member of Basketball Operations of the Charlotte Bobcats
- Air Jordan, brand of Nike basketball shoes named after Michael Jordan
- Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One racing team
- Jordan, Lee Roy, Dallas Cowboys All-Pro linebacker
- Brian Jordan, former American baseball player
[edit] Mathematics
- Gauss–Jordan elimination, version of Gaussian elimination in mathematics
- Jordan of Nemi
- Jordan algebra, a non-associative algebra over a field
- Jordan curve theorem in topology
- Jordan decomposition of a measure
- Jordan measure or Jordan content, an early form of measure
- Jordan normal form or Jordan canonical form of a matrix
- Jordan's lemma in complex analysis
- Jordan's theorem on multiply transitive groups
- Jordan–Schönflies theorem in geometric topology
- Jordan-Hölder theorem in group theory
[edit] Television
- Crossing Jordan, an NBC television drama that first aired in 2001
- Jordan Sullivan, a character in the NBC sitcom Scrubs.
[edit] Literature
- Robert Jordan, fantasy author.
[edit] Other
- Jordan Almonds, a type of candy that is popular at weddings
- Jordan Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer of the 1920s
[edit] See also
- Jordán
- Jordans
- Jordanes, 6th century bishop and historian
- Jordanus Nemorarius (b.1237), German scientist
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