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Yemeni, n. and a.|ˈjɛmənɪ|
[ad. Arab. yamanī, f. Yemen name of two States in the south-west of the Arabian peninsula.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of North Yemen or South Yemen.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to North Yemen, South Yemen, or the inhabitants of either.
[1888C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 688 Yémeny, a man of el-Yémen.] 1916Handbk. Arabia I. vi. 151 The Yemeni is not regarded as particularly fanatical. 1955Times 1 July 11/6 Britain was obliged to deliver a strong Note protesting about border raiding. This pointed out..that in June there had been a serious attack on Mukeiras by a mixed force of Yemeni troops and tribesmen. 1959W. Thesiger Arabian Sands xiii. 247, I had ridden..with two Arab companions and three..Yemeni pilgrims. Ibid., One of the Yemenis fetched us food from the market. 1959Listener 27 Aug. 308/2 The southern Yemeni provinces. 1968Ibid. 4 Jan. 7/1 A guerrilla attack on the outskirts of Sanaa for a few Yemini riyals. 1973‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxv. 105 Mara was wearing..a silver medallion... I decided it must be Yemini. 1982P. Way Belshazzar's Feast xix. 208 Would these people have been Arabs, Yemeni Arabs? Ibid. xx. 223 The Soviets..have used their East German puppets, the Yemenis, to create trouble. 1982M. A. Zabarah Yemen 53 Through the Yemeni emigrant and the Yemeni commercial entrepreneur, modern ideas were reaching not only city dwellers but also the tribes. |