Yemen

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

English

Alternative forms

• Yaman (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛmən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Proper noun

Yemen

2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen
3. (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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

Republic of Yemen

• Afrikaans: Jemen
• Albanian: Jemen m (indefinite), Jemeni (sq) m
• Amharic: የመን (yämän)
• Arabic: اَلْيَمَن‎ (ar) m or f (al-yaman)
• Armenian: Եմեն (hy) (Emen)
• Assyrian Neo Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܢ‎ (yaman)
• Asturian: Yemen (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Yəmən (az)
• Bashkir: Йәмән (Yämän)
• Belarusian: Е́мен m (Jémjen), Е́мэн m (Jémen)
• Bengali: ইয়েমেন (bn) (iẏemen)
• Breton: Yemen
• Bulgarian: Йе́мен (bg) m (Jémen)
• Burmese: ယီမင် (yimang)
• Catalan: Iemen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 也門 (zh), 也门 (zh) (Yěmén); (Taiwan) 葉門 (zh), 叶门 (zh) (Yèmén)

• Czech: Jemen (cs) m
• Danish: Yemen (da)
• Dhivehi: ޔަމަން‎ (yaman̊)
• Dutch: Jemen (nl)
• Esperanto: Jemeno (eo)
• Estonian: Jeemen (et)
• Faroese: Jemen n
• Finnish: Jemen (fi)
• French: Yémen (fr) m
• Galician: Iemen (gl) m
• Georgian: იემენი (iemeni)
• German: Jemen (de) m
• Greek: Υεμένη (el) f (Yeméni)
• Hausa: Yamàl f
• Hebrew: תֵּימָן‎ (he) f (teimán)
• Hindi: यमन (hi) (yaman)
• Hungarian: Jemen (hu)
• Icelandic: Jemen (is) n
• Indonesian: Yaman (id)
• Interlingua: Yemen
• Irish: Éimin f, Poblacht Éimin f
• Italian: Yemen (it) m
• Japanese: イエメン (ja) (Iemen)
• Kamba: Yemen
• Kazakh: Йемен (Yemen)
• Khmer: យេមែន (yeimɛɛn)
• Korean: 예멘 (ko) (Yemen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Yemen (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Йемен (Yemen)
• Lak: Яманий (Aˤmaniy)

• Lao: ເຢເມັນ (yē men)
• Latin: Iemenia
• Latvian: Jemena (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Jemenas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Је́мен (mk) m (Jémen)
• Malay: Yaman
• Maltese: Jemen, Jemen
• Manx: Yn Yeamen f
• Maori: Īemene
• Mongolian: Йемен (mn) (Iemen)
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah
• Norman: Yemen m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jemen (no)

  Nynorsk: Jemen (nn)

• Occitan: Iemèn m
• Pashto: يمن‎ (ps) (yaman)
• Persian: یمن‎ (fa) (yaman), هاماوران‎ (fa) (hâmâvarân)
• Polish: Jemen (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Iémen (pt) m (Portugal), Iêmen (pt) m (Brazil), Yemen (pt) m
• Rohingya: Yemán
• Romanian: Yemen (ro) n
• Russian: Йе́мен (ru) m (Jémɛn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Је̏мен m

  Roman: Jȅmen (sh) m

• Sinhalese: යේමනය (yēmanaya)
• Slovak: Jemen (sk) m
• Slovene: Jémen (sl) m
• Spanish: Yemen (es) m
• Swahili: Yemen (sw)
• Swedish: Jemen (sv)
• Tagalog: Yemen
• Tajik: Яман (Yaman)
• Tatar: Йәмән (Yämän)
• Thai: เยเมน (th) (yee-meen)
• Turkish: Yemen (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýemen
• Ukrainian: Є́мен (uk) m (Jémen)
• Urdu: یمن‎ (yaman)
• Uyghur: يەمەن‎ (yemen)
• Uzbek: Yaman (uz)
• Vietnamese: Y-ê-men
• Yiddish: תּימן‎ (teymen), יעמען‎ (yemen)
• Yoruba: Yemeni

region

• Middle Persian: ymn (Yaman)

See also

• Sanaa
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Anagrams

• enemy

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Asturian

Proper noun

Yemen m

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

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Yemen

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

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Danish

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Related terms

• yemenit
• yemenitisk

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Yemen m

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

Derived terms

• yemenita

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Manx

Proper noun

Yn Yemen f

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

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Yemen n

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Yemen m

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/, [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn]

• 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

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Proper noun

Yemen m

2. 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

• Yemen del Norte
• Yemen del Sur
• yemenita

 

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Yemen (“Yemen”).

Proper noun

Yemen

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

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Turkish

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Derived terms

• Yemenli