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South Yemen

South Yemen proper noun: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1967 until 1990. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

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Proper noun

South Yemen

  1. (historical) A former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1967 until 1990. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

South Yemen meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

South Yemen in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

South Yemen in Marathi

country
दक्षिण येमेन dakṣiṇ yemen

South Yemen in Bengali

country
দক্ষিণ ইয়েমেন dokkhin iẏemen

South Yemen in Arabic

country
جَنُوب اَلْيَمَن janūb al-yaman
More languagesFewer languages
South Yemen in Malay
Yaman Selatan
South Yemen in Vietnamese
Nam Yemen

Questions about South Yemen

What does South Yemen mean?
South Yemen means a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1967 until 1990. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
What is South Yemen in Tamil?
South Yemen in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See South Yemen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is South Yemen?
South Yemen is a proper noun.

Words near South Yemen in the dictionary

  1. South Woodstock
  2. South Wymondham
  3. South Yardley
  4. South Yarmouth
  5. South Yarra
  6. South Yemen
  7. South Yorkshire
  8. South Yuba City
  9. south'ard
  10. South-central Asia
  11. south-east

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Adapted from Wiktionary: South Yemen (page history and authors); South Yemen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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