Yemenite
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Yemenite
Example Sentences
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Mr. Sharabi, who was born in Tel Aviv to Yemenite and Moroccan parents, speaks Arabic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
I grew up with an immigrant mom from Iran and a Yemenite dad who was born in Israel.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024
“He was one of a kind,” Ravid Kahalani, a founder of Yemen Blues, a band that is influenced by Yemenite, West African, Latin and jazz music, said in a phone interview.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
“As far as I can tell, when Christians are using shofars, they’re not connecting to Yemenite Jewish tradition at all,” she said.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2022
Abu Ja‘far was, according to the historians, older than Abu‘l-Abbas, but while the mother of the latter belonged to the powerful Yemenite tribe of al-Ḥārith b.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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