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Yemenite

American  
[yem-uh-nahyt] / ˈyɛm əˌnaɪt /

adjective

  1. Yemeni.


Etymology

Origin of Yemenite

First recorded in 1860–65; Yemen + -ite 1

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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