Definitions

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  • proper noun A former Ottoman territory incorporated into the British Mandate of Palestine in 1921 as an autonomous political division.

Etymologies

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trans- +‎ Jordan

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Examples

  • In East Is West (1945) the British traveler and diplomat Freya Stark quoted a British official in Transjordan as saying "Years of Arab courtesy spoil us for the rough and tumble of the Western World."

    Israel Now 2000

  • In East Is West (1945) the British traveler and diplomat Freya Stark quoted a British official in Transjordan as saying "Years of Arab courtesy spoil us for the rough and tumble of the Western World."

    Israel Now 2000

  • In East Is West (1945) the British traveler and diplomat Freya Stark quoted a British official in Transjordan as saying "Years of Arab courtesy spoil us for the rough and tumble of the Western World."

    Israel Now 2000

  • The division of the region between British and French mandates, and the creation of the Arab kingdoms that they sponsored in Transjordan and Iraq, sundered that loose but historic unity.

    Shedding Light on Lebanon 1984

  • The division of the region between British and French mandates, and the creation of the Arab kingdoms that they sponsored in Transjordan and Iraq, sundered that loose but historic unity.

    Shedding Light on Lebanon 1984

  • Eastern Palestine now took the name Transjordan, which it retained until April 1949, when it was renamed as Jordan.

    Israel Hasbara Committee 2008

  • Eastern Palestine now took the name Transjordan ...

    My Right Word 2008

  • Then in 1922, two thirds of palestine was broken off by the british to become an exclusively Arab country, called Transjordan, which later became Jordan.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Then in 1922, two thirds of palestine was broken off by the british to become an exclusively Arab country, called Transjordan, which later became Jordan.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • The Zionists did not get 55% of the land – 80% of Palestine had been made into a new country called Transjordan in 1922, with a Hashemite Royal family (imported by the British colonialists) from Saudi Arabia.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

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