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Country name Jordan, in 35 editions.
The entry for Jordan published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
Rewritten: too little of the 1992 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form:
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form:
Jordan
local long form:
Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form:
Al Urdun
former:
Transjordan
The entry for Jordan did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
The same text in 4 editions, 1997 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan conventional short form: Jordan local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah local short form: Al Urdun former: Transjordan
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local short form: Al Urdun
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local short form: Al Urdun long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form:
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form:
Jordan
local long form:
Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form:
Al Urdun
former:
Transjordan
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
The same text in 9 editions, 2016 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
- etymology:
- named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
etymology: named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border
- conventional long form:
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- conventional short form:
- Jordan
- local long form:
- Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
- local short form:
- Al Urdun
- former:
- Transjordan
- etymology:
- named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border;
- the origin of the river's name is unclear, but it may come from a local word meaning "river"
conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
etymology: named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border border; the origin of the river's name is unclear, but it may come from a local word meaning "river"
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Jordan: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/jordan/country-name.