Aden

name

Definitions

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

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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