Yemeni

Southern Arabian Peninsula

Yemeni refers to a person from Yemen, the country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, or to anything relating to that nation: Yemeni coffee, Yemeni cuisine, the Yemeni diaspora.

The plural is Yemenis: Yemenis have fled the ongoing civil war.

culture

oud

Aromatic heartwood or plucked instrument

  • mudbrickUnfire-dried clay block
  • soukTraditional Arab market
  • hennaPlant-derived body dye

thobe · honeycomb · frankincense · myrrh · incense

history

Sheba

Ancient southern Arabian realm

unification

geography

Arabian Peninsula

Southwest Asian landmass

arid · mountains · terraces · wadis · coastline · islands · oasis

coffee

arabica

Dominant coffee species

  • beansEdible pod seeds
  • portDocking place for ships
  • originStarting point or source

cultivation · terraced · bun · export · trade · historic · heirloom · altitude · processing · cherry

Sanaa

capital

Wealth used for investment

alabaster · citadel

language

Arabic

Semitic language family member

poetry · oral tradition

nationality

citizen

Legal national member

emigrant · refugee · immigrant · homeland · identity · compatriot · consulate · embassy · naturalization · stateless

Categories
Opposites
neighboring/regional contrast

YemeniSaudi

Kingdom citizen of Arabia

Saudi Arabian · Emirati · Qatari · Kuwaiti · Omani

Family

Yemen

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G