Yemen

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

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Republic of Yemen
Republic of Yemen#English

A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.


Yemeni

of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people


Yemeni

a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent


South Yemen

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

(historical) A former country in the Middle East from 1967 until 1990; full name People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.


People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

en-proper noun

the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

jumhūriyyat al-yaman ad-dimuqrāṭiyya š-šaʕbiyya

جُمْهُورِيَّة اَلْيَمَن اَلدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة اَلشَّعْبِيَّة

République démocratique populaire du Yémen

Naródnaja Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Jjémen

Наро́дная Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Йе́мен


North Yemen

(historical) A country in the Middle East until 1990.


Arabian Peninsula

A peninsula in the Middle East, bordered by Jordan, the Syrian desert and Iraq to the north, the Persian Gulf to the northeast, the Gulf of Oman to the east, the Arabian Sea (part of the Indian Ocean) to the south (southeast), the Gulf of Aden to the south, the Red Sea to the west (southwest) extending north into the Gulf of Aqaba, and north along the Red Sea Rift to the Mediterranean Sea on the west (northwest). It consists mainly of Saudi Arabia, and may be geologically defined as the Arabian plate, also as the Arabian subcontinent.


Red Sea

From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea.

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Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα

(US politics) The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections.


rial

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.

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The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.


Arabian Sea

A region of the Indian Ocean located between India, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Socotra Passage.


buqsha

(historical) A former currency unit of Yemen, worth one 40th of a rial.


Bab el Mandeb

From Arabic بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب (bāb al-mandab), meaning "Gateway (Bab) of anguish", or "Gateway of tears"; the strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by the earthquake which separated Asia and Africa.

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بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب

a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden


Gulf of Aden

A gulf between Yemen and Somalia, connected to the Somali Sea through the Guardafui Channel.