Yemen

American  

[yem-uhn, yey-muhn] / ˈyɛm ən, ˈyeɪ mən /

noun

1. Formerly Southern Yemen.  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.

2. Also called North Yemen.  a former country in southwestern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. Sanʿa.

3. Also called South Yemen.  a former country in southern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. Aden.

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Yemen British  

/ ˈjɛmən /

noun

1. Official name: Yemen Republic.  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) See also North Yemen South Yemen

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Yemen Cultural  

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.

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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

But the alliance between Yemen's two Gulf state partners has fractured.

From BBC

Harbored at different times by Yemen, Syria, East Germany and communist Hungary, this self-appointed tribune of the oppressed was finally captured in Sudan in 1994, then convicted in France of multiple murders.

From The Wall Street Journal

“For now, the UAE seems focused on soft power in southwestern Yemen, much like it has done in Somaliland. Whether that eventually turns into backing an armed insurgency is an open question,” Al-Basha said.

From Los Angeles Times

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is set to get much worse in 2026 as food insecurity increases and international aid evaporates, the United Nations warned on Monday.

From Barron's

Zubaidi then disappeared after he failed to board a flight to Riyadh for talks in early January, with Saudi Arabia accusing him of fleeing to Abu Dhabi while supporters insisted he was still in Yemen.

From Barron's