Yemen

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See also: yemen, yémen, Ýemen, Yémen, ¥emen, and Yəmən

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (right; right hand).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yemen

  1. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
  2. (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

Usage notes

The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.

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Translations

References

  1. ^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020), “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, issue 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

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Anagrams

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝemen/,
  • Rhymes: -emen
  • Hyphenation: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Yemen

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia crh

Proper noun

Yemen

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

Yemen

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

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Italian

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Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yemen m

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

Manx

Proper noun

Yn Yemen f

  1. Alternative form of Yeaman: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Norwegian

Proper noun

Yemen n

  1. Alternative spelling of Jemen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yemen m

  1. Alternative form of Iémen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Spanish

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Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝemen/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃemen/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒemen/

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -emen
  • Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Usage notes

  • The definite article is optional when referring to Yemen in Spanish (i.e. el Yemen).

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Yemen (Yemen).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ye‧men
  • IPA(key): /ˈjemen/,

Proper noun

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Turkish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yemen

  1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

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