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Yemen

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

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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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

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

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  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, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Yemen

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

Crimean Tatar

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Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia crh

Proper noun

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Yemen

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

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Yemen

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

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

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Manx

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Proper noun

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Yn Yemen f

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

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Yemen n

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

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃemen/ [ˈʃe.mẽn]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒemen/ [ˈʒe.mẽn]

Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

Usage notes

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

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Yemen (Yemen).

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Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

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

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Yemen

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

Declension

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