Yemen

[ yem-uhn, yey-muhn ]

noun

1. Republic of Yemen, a country in southern Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Sanʿa. Aden. Formerly Southern Yemen.
2. a former country in southwestern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. : Sanʿa. Also called North Yemen.
3. a former country in southern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. : Aden. Also called South Yemen.

Yemen

/ ˈjɛmən /

noun

1. a republic in SW Arabia, on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden: formed in 1990 from the union of North Yemen and South Yemen: consists of arid coastal lowlands, rising to fertile upland valleys and mountains in the west and to the Hadhramaut plateau in the SE: the north and east contains part of the Great Sandy Desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: riyal. Capital: San`a. Pop: 25 408 288 (2005 est). Area (including territory claimed by Yemen along the undemarcated eastern border with Saudi Arabia): 472 099 sq km (182 278 sq miles) Official nameYemen Republic See also North Yemen South Yemen

Yemen

1. Now the Republic of Yemen . Yemen is at the mouth of the Red Sea , in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula , bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the east; formerly divided into North Yemen (the Yemen Arab Republic) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

Notes

Northern Yemen became an independent country after World War I .

The two Yemens were reunified as a result of the democratic reforms of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries in 1990.

Southern Yemen won independence from Britain in 1967 and became the world's only communist Arab state.

Example Sentences

Yemen’s son—now aged four—was born the year after the Jarjanaz attack.

From Time

The sale of weapons to any side in the Yemen conflict — effectively a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran — contravenes international humanitarian law, he says.

From Ozy

Yemen under their rule was the richest country in the region.

From Time

The following day, in Yemen, Karman gathered with student leaders outside Sana’a University to call for the country’s own “Jasmine Revolution” against autocratic ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh.

From Time

When he set himself on fire to protest treatment by Tunisian authorities, it triggered a chain reaction of upheaval in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria — the latter three turning into still-hot civil wars.

From Ozy

He was killed by his captors during the U.S. rescue attempt in Yemen in December.

From The Daily Beast

The most recent raid was actually the second attempt to free Somers, a journalist taken in Yemen 15 months ago.

From The Daily Beast

Similarly, the messages from Saudi Arabia and Yemen were attributed generically to the “mujahideen” in both countries.

From The Daily Beast

Hatem said the men loyal to Baghdadi inside Yemen include “students,” but offered few other details.

From The Daily Beast

A third group, Al-Hirak Al Janoubi, is gaining ground with calls for southern Yemen to secede.

From The Daily Beast

The same may be said with respect to Medina, and I suspect that the towns of Yemen are generally poor in architectural remains.

From Project Gutenberg

Abu Talib, like his father and grandfather before him, carried on a considerable trade with Syria and Yemen.

From Project Gutenberg

They are fed on the golden barley of Yemen, mixed with spices and with a small portion of dried sheep's flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

In Yemen and in Abyssinia the ripened berries were sun-dried on beaten-earth barbecues.

From Project Gutenberg

As in other countries, the coffees grown on the highlands in Yemen are better than the lowland growths.

From Project Gutenberg