English > Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea. |
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Synonym | Jordan |
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Instance of | Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
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Member of | Arab League | An international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural / cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
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Members | Jordanian | A native or inhabitant of Jordan |
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Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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Middle East, Mideast, Near East | The area around the eastern Mediterranean |
Parts | Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba | Jordan's port |
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Amman, capital of Jordan | The capital and largest city of Jordan |
Az Zarqa, Zarqa | city in northwestern Jordan |
Dead Sea | A saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan |
Syrian Desert | A desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia |
Region of | Black September Movement | A former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes |
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al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa | A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state |
Spanish | Jordania, Reino Hachemita de Jordania |
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Catalan | Jordània, Regne Haiximita de Jordània |
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