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

EnglishEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛmən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmən

Proper nounEdit

Yemen

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

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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, issue 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

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AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

 
Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Yemen m

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

Central NahuatlEdit

Proper nounEdit

Yemen

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

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper nounEdit

Yemen

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

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ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Yemen m

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

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ManxEdit

Proper nounEdit

Yn Yemen f

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

NorwegianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Yemen n

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

PortugueseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Yemen m

  1. Alternative form of Iémen

SpanishEdit

 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

PronunciationEdit

 
  • 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]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -emen
  • Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper nounEdit

Yemen m

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

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish Yemen (Yemen).

Proper nounEdit

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

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

TurkishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Yemen

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

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