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yemen
/ˈjɛmən/
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What does yemen mean?
noun
- plural of yeman
proper noun
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
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proper noun
- (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
- (historical) A province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.
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IPA pronunciation
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The same writer goes on to say that many independent chiefs of Yemen carried madallas as a mark of their independence.
North--The low level of domestic industry and agriculture have made northern Yemen dependent on imports for virtually all of its essential needs.
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The low level of domestic industry and agriculture have made northern Yemen dependent on imports for virtually all of its essential needs.
The fact has been ascertained that in Arabia, in very ancient times, there was a goddess named Azra who was worshipped under the form of a tree called Samurch, and that in Yemen tree-worship still prevails.
The religion of Egypt was pre-eminently sun-worship, and Ra was the sun-god of Egypt, Rama, the sun of the Hindoos, Rana, a god of the Toltecs, Raymi, the great festival of the sun of the Peruvians, and Rayam, a god of Yemen.