Yemen

• Yaman (archaic)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.mən/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪ.mən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Yemen (plural Yemens)

2. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
   • 2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.

3. (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.^[1]

• North Yemen, Yemen Arab Republic
• South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
• Yemeni

• Sanaa
• Countries of the world

• enemy

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Yemen m

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

Yemen

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

Borrowed from English Yemen, from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.mɛn/

Yemen

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

Yemen

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

• “Yemen”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Yemen

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

• yemenit
• yemenitisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.men/
• Rhymes: -ɛmen
• Hyphenation: Yè‧men

Yemen m

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

• yemenita

Yemen n

1. alternative spelling of Jemen: Yemen (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Yemen m

1. alternative spelling of Iêmen / Iémen

The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Iêmen or Iémen are preferred.

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• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Yemen m

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

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

Borrowed from Spanish Yemen (“Yemen”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjemen/ [ˈjɛː.mɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

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

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Yemen

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

• Yemenli