# Jordanstown

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A townland and suburban area in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

## Etymology
From Jordan + -s- + town; named after an Anglo-Norman family called Jordan who accompanied John de Courcy to Carrickfergus in 1182.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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