ADEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aden mean? 

• ADEN (noun)
  The noun ADEN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ADEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Aden" is a part of...):

Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)

 Context examples 

A country in eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia.

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