Houthi
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Houthi
- /ˈhuːθi/
Rhymes with -uːθi
Where it comes from
From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy). Named after Yemeni politician and rebel Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.
noun Houthis · Houthi
- A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen. Late on Tuesday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship in the Red Sea, and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones.
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Talk about this word "Houthi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/houthi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Houthi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/houthi "Houthi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/houthi.Cite this
@misc{houthi_2026,
title = {Houthi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/houthi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
