jordan river

English Thesaurus

1. a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	river,
definition	:	a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object)

part meronym	:	canaan, holy land, palestine, promised land,
definition	:	an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism (noun.location)