Yemen
pronunciation
How to pronounce Yemen in British English:
UK [ˈjemən]
How to pronounce Yemen in American English:
US [ˈjɛmən, ˈjemən]
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- Noun:
- a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
Word Origin
- Yemen
- southwestern region of Arabia, from Arabic Yemen, literally "the country of the south," from yaman "right side" (i.e., south side, if one is facing east). The right side regarded as auspicious, hence Arabic yamana "he was happy," literally "he went to the right," and hence the Latin name for the region in Roman times, Arabia Felix, lit, "Happy Arabia." Related: Yemeni.
Example
- 1. It is the capital of yemen in southwest asia .
- 2. Yemen has rarely enjoyed strong central government .
- 3. Protests also erupted in yemen and iraq .
- 4. Those demonstrations turned violent in yemen .
- 5. Yemen 's problems have festered for years .