Aden

See also: aden, Adén, and aden-

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdən

Proper noun

Aden

2. A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

Derived terms

• Adenese
• Adeni
• Gulf of Aden

Translations

seaport of Yemen

• Arabic: عَدَن m (ʕadan)
• Armenian: Ադեն (hy) (Aden)
• Bengali: অ্যাডেন (êḍen)
• Bulgarian: А́ден m (Áden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞丁 / 亚丁 (zh) (Yàdīng)

• Danish: Aden
• Dutch: Aden
• Esperanto: Adeno
• Finnish: Aden (fi)
• French: Aden (fr) m
• Galician: Adén
• German: Aden (de) n
• Greek: Άντεν (el) n (Ánten)
• Hebrew: עדן (he) (aden)
• Hindi: अदन (hi) m (adan)
• Indonesian: Aden
• Italian: Aden (it)
• Japanese: アデン (ja) (Aden)
• Kabyle: Ɛaden
• Korean: 아덴 (Aden)
• Latin: Arabia Fēlīx f, Attana f
• Marathi: आदेन n (āden)
• Persian: عدن (fa) ('adan)
• Polish: Aden (pl) m
• Portuguese: Adém
• Russian: А́ден (ru) m (Ádɛn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̑ден m

  Roman: Ȃden m

• Spanish: Adén (es) m
• Swedish: Aden (sv)
• Turkish: Aden (tr)
• Ukrainian: А́ден m (Áden)
• Urdu: عدن m ('adan)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Aden (plural Adens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aden is the 7110^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4705 individuals. Aden is most common among Black/African American (53.11%) and White (42.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

• Dane, Dean, Dena, Edna, Enda, Nead, ande, dean, eDNA, nade

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adɛn
• Syllabification: A‧den

Proper noun

Aden m inan

1. Aden (a port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen)

Declension

Declension of Aden

	singular
nominative	Aden
genitive	Adenu
dative	Adenowi
accusative	Aden
instrumental	Adenem
locative	Adenie
vocative	Adenie

Related terms

adjective

• adeński

Further reading

• Aden in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âːden/
• Hyphenation: A‧den

Proper noun

Ȃden m (Cyrillic spelling А̑ден, relational adjective ádenskī)

1. Aden (a port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen)

Declension

Declension of Aden

	singular
nominative	Aden
genitive	Adena
dative	Adenu
accusative	Aden
vocative	Adene
locative	Adenu
instrumental	Adenom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaden]

Proper noun

Aden m inan (genitive singular Adenu)

1. Aden (a port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen)

Further reading

• “Aden”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025