Aden
English
Etymology
Place name ultimately from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (/edinu/, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪdən
Proper noun
Aden
- Seaport and largest city of Yemen.
Derived terms
Translations
seaport of Yemen
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References
- ^ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ȃden m (Cyrillic spelling А̑ден)
Declension
Categories:
- English terms derived from Akkadian
- English terms derived from Sumerian
- Rhymes:English/eɪdən
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Yemen
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Cities in Yemen
- sh:Places in Yemen