Yamena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِجَامِينَا (nijāmīnā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈmena/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈme.na]

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈmena/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈme.na] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈmena/ [ʃaˈme.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈmena/ [ʒaˈme.na] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Ya‧me‧na

Proper noun

Yamena f

1. N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad)