trans-Jordanic

adjective

trans-Jor·​dan·​ic

"+jȯ(r)¦danik

: lying or situated beyond or across the Jordan River in southwestern Asia

Word History

Etymology

trans- + Jordan, river of southwestern Asia + -ic

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