yemeni

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The Yemeni government can't order the NSA to hand over information gathered on Yemeni citizens.

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Quick take

A native or inhabitant of Yemen or of Yemeni descent.

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noun

A native or inhabitant of Yemen or of Yemeni descent.

adjective

Of, from or relating to Yemen, or the Yemeni people.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yemeni.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Yemen or of Yemeni descent.

adjective

Of, from or relating to Yemen, or the Yemeni people.

Example sentences

The Yemeni government can't order the NSA to hand over information gathered on Yemeni citizens.

When the Yemeni government asks for the US's help in destroying al Qaeda, and the US military bombs a target, Yemeni sovereignty is fully intact.

Like a starving Yemeni used to rice might feel if he was thrown into an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Because the Yemeni government tried him in absentia and ordered him to be captured dead or alive.

The US has been systematically confiscating passports from naturalized Yemeni citizens who go home to visit, leaving them stranded.

With regard to al-Qaeda specifically, the Yemeni branch has always been quite distinct.

Good luck digging up citations to Yemeni tax law, but I've seen it in Jordan as well.

About drone strikes -- both the Pakistani and Yemeni governments accepted them.

I believe it was part of a testimony before Congress of an Yemeni urging US to stop using drones there.

I'm sure that the armed escort comes courtesy of Pinboard users in the Yemeni government.

San Francisco and Oakland both contain large Yemeni populations.

There are Yemeni families in California who get in trouble for possessing khat, a stimulant which in Yemen is not even questioned—imagine being a Brit and being told you couldn’t drink tea!

Quote examples

Is it an overreach if the Yemeni government "indiscriminately" collects the mobile phone records of US citizens?

But if you ask most people in America what their opinion is of the Yemeni population, "friendly and welcoming" would not be the most common response.

The press release did note that the Saudi Foreign Ministry acknowledged a computer network breach in May, and a group called the Yemeni Cyber Army afterward began releasing “sample” classified material to various websites.

The world expects people like him to stay put and suffer in place." Trying to visit the US on a visa with a Yemeni passport is indeed difficult, and so is trying to emigrate there.

Proper noun examples

Best middle eastern food in Bangkok is Yemeni, as rated by my family and two random middle eastern dudes we met under our sitar teacher's apartment in another part of the city who pointed us there as the best place to go.