YEMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yemen mean? 

• YEMEN (noun)
  The noun YEMEN has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990

  Familiarity information: YEMEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YEMEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Yemen; Yemen

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)

 Context examples 

Sixteen countries, including areas of conflict such as Syria and Yemen, witnessed a decrease, and 39 countries, including the U.S., stayed the same.

(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)

A country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

(Oman, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)