ADEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Aden" is a part of...):

Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)

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