Trans-Jordan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jordan \Jordan\ prop. n.
     A landlocked country of the Middle East, surrounded by
     Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and that area on the
     west bank of the Jordan river which was once claimed by
     Jordan, and is at present occupied by Israel and in part
     governed by a Palestinian authority. It has a population of


     4,212,152 (1996) in a total area of 89,213 sq km. The
     population is predominantly Arab and Moslem. Officially known
     as the {Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan}, it was formerly called
     {Trans-Jordan} when occupied by the British. The government
     is a constitutional monarchy, with King Hussein Bin Talal Al
     Hashimi as its ruler since 2 May 1953. Jordan is a small
     developing Arab country, having a Gross Domestic Product of
     $19.3 billion in 1995. --CIA Factbook 1996.
     [PJC] Jordan