How to Say “Jordan” in Samoan

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Ioritana
The English name for the country Jordan is translated into Samoan as Ioritana.
Meaning: country (name)

Did you know?

  • Samoan orthography is so restrictive that letters like 'd' do not exist in the alphabet, leading the 'd' in 'Jordan' to be replaced by 't' in Ioritana.
  • The process used to create Ioritana is the same one that turns 'England' into Ingilani and 'Japan' into Iapani.
  • The addition of the 'a' to Ioritana is common for names ending in 'n', as the Samoan language fundamentally forbids words from ending in a consonant.

Examples in context

  • O Ioritana o se atunuu i Asia.
    Jordan is a country in Asia.
  • E te fia malaga i Ioritana?
    Do you want to travel to Jordan?
  • O lo'o i Ioritana se vao tele.
    There is a large desert in Jordan.

Example conversation

Mere and Sione are talking about travel destinations.

  1. Mere

    Sione, e te iloa le Ioritana?
    Sione, do you know Jordan?
  2. Sione

    Le atunuu i le Middle East?
    The country in the Middle East?
  3. Mere

    Ioe, e fia alu i Ioritana o a'u.
    Yes, I want to go to Jordan.
  4. Sione

    E foliga mai o se mea lelei.
    It looks like a nice place.
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