Aden

See also: aden, Adén, and aden-

English

Etymology

Place name ultimately from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (/edinu/, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪdən

Proper noun

Aden

  1. Seaport and largest city of Yemen.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /âːden/
  • Hyphenation: A‧den

Proper noun

Ȃden m (Cyrillic spelling А̑ден)

  1. Aden

Declension
Declension of Aden
singular
nominative Aden
genitive Adena
dative Adenu
accusative Aden
vocative Adene
locative Adenu
instrumental Adenom
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