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ˈɑd n, ˈeɪd naden

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Adennoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. Adennoun

    Seaport and largest city of Yemen.

Wikipedia

  1. Aden

    Aden (UK: AY-dən, US: AH-den; Arabic: عدن ʿAdin/ʿAdan Yemeni: [ˈʕæden, ˈʕædæn]) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some 170 km (110 mi) east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. Aden's natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano, which now forms a peninsula joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 7th to 5th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden gets its name from the Gulf of Aden. Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centres: Crater, the original port city; Ma'alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as "Steamer Point" in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University, and Aden International Airport (the former British Royal Air Force station RAF Khormaksar), Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of Sheikh Othman, a former oasis area; Al-Mansura, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b (formerly Madinat al-Itihad), the site designated as the capital of the South Arabian Federation and now home to a large power/desalinization facility and additional faculties of Aden University. Aden encloses the eastern side of a vast, natural harbour that constitutes the modern port. A long time ago this necessitated the existence of Aden's reservoirs, the Cisterns of Tawila. As described by 14th century scholar Ibn Battuta, "These reservoirs accumulate rainwater for the sole purpose of drinking for the city's citizens. The city is prosperous with rich merchants living here and Indian vessels arriving for trade." The volcanic peninsula of Little Aden forms a near-mirror image, enclosing the harbour and port on the western side. Little Aden became the site of the oil refinery and tanker port. Both were established and operated by British Petroleum until they were turned over to Yemeni government ownership and control in 1978. Aden was the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen until that country's unification with the Yemen Arab Republic in 1990, and again briefly served as Yemen's temporary capital during the aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen, as declared by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi after he fled the Houthi occupation of Sana'a. From March to July 2015, the Battle of Aden raged between Houthis and government forces of President Hadi. Water, food, and medical supplies ran short in the city. On 14 July, the Saudi Army launched an offensive to retake Aden for the Yemeni government. Within three days the Houthis had been removed from the city. Since February 2018, Aden has been seized by the Southern Transitional Council, which is supported by UAE. The Southern Transitional Council was formed by previous Aden Mayor Aidroos Alzubaidi after he was dismissed from his post by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, together with sacked former cabinet minister and Salafi religious leader Hani Bin Buraik.

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  1. aden

    Aden is primarily referred to as a seaport city and the temporary capital of Yemen, located on the Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden. In a biological context, aden is a prefix stemming from Ancient Greek “adēn” which means 'gland'. It is commonly used in medical terminology to denote conditions related to glands such as adenoma, adenitis, etc.

Wikidata

  1. Aden

    Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea, some 110 miles east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately a million people. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BCE. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centres: Crater, the original port city; Ma'alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as "Steamer Point" in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, located on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University, and Aden International Airport, Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of Sheikh Othman, a former oasis area; Al-Mansura, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b, the site designated as the capital of the South Arabian Federation and now home to a large power/desalinization facility and additional faculties of Aden University.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. aden

    A free port on the southwest corner of Arabia. It was captured by England in 1839, and is now used as a coal depot for Indian steamers.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ADEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Aden is ranked #7110 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Aden surname appeared 4,705 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Aden.

    53.1% or 2,499 total occurrences were Black.
    42.9% or 2,021 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 68 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 60 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1% or 51 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.1% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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  1. Dane

  2. dean

  3. Dean

  4. Edna

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aden in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of aden in a Sentence

  1. Mohammed Meram:

    He is well and directing the southern and popular resistance in order to prevent the entrance of the militia forces into Aden.

  2. Middle East:

    China has earned much of its leverage in the region, especially on the African side of the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, by becoming the leading financier and builder of infrastructure projects such as dams, roads, railways, and IT networks.

  3. Another Yemeni official:

    There are contacts and initiatives for a ceasefire, mostly presented by leaders in the former president's party, but any initiative will not be accepted unless the Houthis and Saleh announced their commitment to implement the U.N. Security Council Resolution, particularly the immediate stop to attacks on Aden and the withdrawal from it.

  4. Khaled Bahah:

    We congratulate the people of Aden and the Republic of Yemen as whole for what has been achieved in the last two days ... The government announces the liberation of Aden province.

  5. Ambassador Matthew Tueller:

    Political dialogue won't work if Hadi is overrun and captured, and Aden falls, which could happen very quickly, all sides recognize that there really isn't any alternative but to reach an agreement on power-sharing.

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