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Yemen

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

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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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

  1. A country in Western Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
    • 2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.
  2. (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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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

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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Proper noun

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Yemen

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

Crimean Tatar

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Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia crh

Proper noun

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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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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

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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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

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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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Proper noun

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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

Usage notes

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The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Iêmen or Iémen are preferred.

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

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Proper noun

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Yemen m

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

Usage notes

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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)

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Turkish

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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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