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yemen

/ˈjɛmən/

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What does yemen mean?

noun

  1. plural of yeman

proper noun

  1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
  2. (historical) A province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.

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/ˈjɛmən/

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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.
William SangsterUmbrellas and Their HistoryProject Gutenberg ebook #6674
North--The low level of domestic industry and agriculture have made northern Yemen dependent on imports for virtually all of its essential needs.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
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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.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
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.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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.
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032