FromArabic اَلْيَمَن ( al-yaman ) , fromProto-Semitic *yamīn- ( “ right; right hand ” ) .
Yemen
A country inWestern Asia , in theMiddle East . Official name:Republic of Yemen . Capital:Sanaa . ( historical ) A region in the southernArabian Peninsula ; theArabia Felix .The country is traditionally referred to with the definite articlethe , though this construction has declined in use.[ 1]
region
Middle Persian:ymn ( Yaman )
^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020 ) “Greece ,the Netherlands and(the) Ukraine : A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, inA Journal of Onomastics , volume68 , number 1,→DOI , pages1–16 IPA (key ) : /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ] Rhymes:-emen Syllabification:Ye‧men Yemen m
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Alternative spelling ofJemen :Yemen (a country inWestern Asia , in theMiddle East )Yemen m
Alternative spelling ofIêmen / Iémen ThePortuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized forms of placenames (instead ofunadapted borrowings ) if these are already established in the language. As such, the formIêmen / Iémen is preferred.
IPA (key ) : ( everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay ) /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn] IPA (key ) : ( Buenos Aires and environs ) /ˈʃemen/ [ˈʃe.mẽn] IPA (key ) : ( elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay ) /ˈʒemen/ [ˈʒe.mẽn]
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Yemen (a country inWestern Asia , in theMiddle East )The definite article is optional when referring to Yemen in Spanish (i.e.el Yemen). Borrowed fromSpanish Yemen ( “ Yemen ” ) .
Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ )
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Yemen (a country inWestern Asia , in theMiddle East )Declension ofYemen singular plural nominative Yemen - definite accusative Yemen'i - dative Yemen'e - locative Yemen'de - ablative Yemen'den - genitive Yemen'in -