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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Yem•en (yem′ən, yā′mən),USA pronunciation n. - Place Names Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 13,972,477;
207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km).[Cap.: (political) ]San‘a.[Cap.: (economic) ]Aden. - Place NamesAlso called North Yemen. a former country in SW Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen.[Cap.:]San‘a.
- Place NamesAlso called South Yemen. a former country in S Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen.[Cap.:]Aden.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Yemen /ˈjɛmən/ n - a republic in SW Arabia, on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden: formed in 1990 from the union of North Yemen and South Yemen: consists of arid coastal lowlands, rising to fertile upland valleys and mountains in the west and to the Hadhramaut plateau in the SE: the north and east contains part of the Great Sandy Desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: riyal. Capital: San`a. Pop: 20 732 000 (2004 est). Area (including territory claimed by Yemen along the undemarcated eastern border with Saudi Arabia): 472 099 sq km (182 278 sq miles)
Official name: Yemen Republic
See also North Yemen, South Yemen
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