Yemen

Yemen

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjɛ.mən/
Etymology

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

Related words

the Republic of Yemen

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