Yemen
proper noun
- Middle Eastern country
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈjɛ.mən/ / /ˈjɪ.mən/
name
Etymology: From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
“Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.”
- A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
noun
- plural of yeman