Yemen

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

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.mən/
  • (pinpen merger) IPA(key): /ˈjɪ.mən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

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.[1]

Derived terms

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, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

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Anagrams

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝemen/, [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ]
  • 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

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Danish

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

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

Pronunciation

 
  • 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]

  • Audio (Spain):(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

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

Proper noun

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Declension

Derived terms

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