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YEMEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Yemen"):
Aden (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)
Al-Hudaydah; Hodeida (an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea)
Al-Mukalla; Mukalla (a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden)
Sana; Sana'a; Sanaa (the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau)
Meronyms (members of "Yemen"):
Yemeni (a native or inhabitant of Yemen)
Domain member region:
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; IAA; Islamic Army of Aden; Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan (Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen)
Holonyms ("Yemen" is a part of...):
Arabia; Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Yemen" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
