Aden

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.
  2. 2
    A surname.

Example

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"Six gunmen in two separate speedboats sped toward the tanker about 140 kilometers off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

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Gulf of Adensouth yemen

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