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Yemen

//ˈjɛ.mən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix. historical
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of yeman form-of, plural

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).

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