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    YEMEN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Republic of Yemen; Yemen

    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)

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