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Yemen¹
- /ˈjɛmən/ US, UK
- /ˈjɪmən/ US, pin pen merger
- /ˈjemən/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛmən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یمن (yemen), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).
proper noun Yemens · Yaman
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa. Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.
- A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
- A province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.
yemen²
noun
- plural of yeman
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aden, oman, yemeni, eritrea, uganda, zimbabwe, saleh, sanaa, country, oath, crc, saba, sanna, governorates, yemenis, sheba
Translations
Talk about this word "yemen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yemen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yemen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yemen "yemen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yemen.Cite this
@misc{yemen_2026,
title = {yemen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yemen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
