[jawr-dn; for 3 also Fr. zhawr-dahn] 
| 1. | Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician. |
| 2. | David Starr [stahr] , 1851–1931, U.S. biologist and educator. |
| 3. | June, 1936–2002, U.S. poet, novelist, and essayist. |
| 4. | Ma⋅rie En⋅ne⋅mond Ca⋅mille [ma-ree enuh-mawn ka-mee-yuh ] , 1838–1922, French mathematician. |
| 5. | Michael Jeffrey (“Air Jordan”; “His Airness” ), born 1963, U.S. basketball player. |
| 6. | Official name, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. a kingdom in SW Asia, consisting of the former Transjordan and a part of Palestine that, since 1967, has been occupied by Israel. 4,324,638; 37,264 sq. mi. (96,514 sq. km). Capital: Amman. |
| 7. | a river in SW Asia, flowing from S Lebanon through the Sea of Galilee, then S between Israel and Jordan through W Jordan into the Dead Sea. 200 mi. (320 km) long. |
| 8. | a male given name. |
[jawr-dey-nee-uhn] , noun, adjective Monarchy in the Middle East, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and Israel to the west. Amman is its capital and largest city.
Note: Jordan is an Arab nation.
Note: King Hussein, a controversial figure in Middle Eastern affairs, ruled from 1953 until his death in 2000. Although he tried to maintain cordial relations with the West, he opposed the Egypt-Israel peace agreement of 1979, endorsed the Palestine Liberation Organization, and refused to join the alliance against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.