Hōrano
1. (loan) (location) Jordan - a country in the Middle East, east of the River Jordan.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
Nā, kei raro atu ko Te Moana Mate, ko tōna wai rere atu ai i Hōrano heoi anō tāna, he unu mai, horomiti ake (TTT 1/8/1924:88). / Now, below the Dead Sea is the river flowing from Jordan, but all it does is swallow it up, it devours it.
2. (loan) (personal name) Jordon.
Kei Niu Tīreni nei a Hōrano te tiamupiana o te ao mō te pūrei mū (HKW 7/1899:s2). / Jordon, the world champion chess player, is here in New Zealand.
