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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024A•den (äd′n, ād′n),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa seaport in and the economic capital of the Republic of Yemen, in the S part: formerly the center of a British colony. 318,000.
- Place Names Colony of. Also called State of Aden. a former British colony on the Gulf of Aden and a member of the former Federation of South Arabia. 75 sq. mi. (194 sq. km).
- Place Names Protectorate of, former name, until 1962, of the former Protectorate of South Arabia.
- Place Names Gulf of, an arm of the Arabian Sea between the E tip of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
aden-, - var. of adeno- before a vowel:adenitis.
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