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Yemen

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

English

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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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Yemen

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

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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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countries in Asia (appendix)edit

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ]
  • Rhymes: -emen
  • Syllabification: 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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Yemen

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

Crimean Tatar

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Yemen

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

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Danish

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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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Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

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Norwegian

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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 spelling of Iêmen / Iémen

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The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized forms of placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings) if these are already established in the language. As such, the form Iêmen / Iémen is preferred.

Spanish

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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)

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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)

Coordinate terms

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countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

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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Declension of Yemen
singular plural
nominative Yemen -
definite accusative Yemen'i -
dative Yemen'e -
locative Yemen'de -
ablative Yemen'den -
genitive Yemen'in -
Possessive forms of Yemen
singular plural
benim (my) Yemen'im Yemenlerim
Yemen'lerim
senin (your) Yemen'in Yemenlerin
Yemen'lerin
onun (his/her/its) Yemen'i Yemenleri
Yemen'leri
bizim (our) Yemen'imiz Yemenlerimiz
Yemen'lerimiz
sizin (your) Yemen'iniz Yemenleriniz
Yemen'leriniz
onların (their) Yemen'i
Yemenleri
Yemen'leri 		Yemenleri
Yemen'leri

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countries in Asia: Asya ülkesi (appendix)edit
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