Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former country of southwest Asia on the Arabian Peninsula. A British protectorate after 1886, it became fully independent in 1967 and united with North Yemen in 1990 to form the new country of Yemen.
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- proper noun A former country in the
Middle East from 1967 until 1990,; full namePeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen .
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Examples
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Jabir Shabwani and his father had fought alongside the Salehs during Yemen's civil war in the 1990s, helping the president defeat the then-communist South Yemen and uniting the country.
U.S. Doubts Intelligence That Led to Yemen Strike Adam Entous 2011
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By the 1980s, though, power had shifted to Sanaa, even more so after North and South Yemen were unified in 1990.
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Syria, Algeria, South Yemen, Libya and the PLO were appalled and terrified at Sadat breaking ranks p.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Review: 'Faith Misplaced' by Ussama Makdisi Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2011
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North and South Yemen united under Saleh in 1990 but southerners often accuse the north of discrimination.
Yemen opposition figures quit National Council Reuters 2011
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South Yemen used to be an independent nation, but became united with the north in 1990.
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Syria, Algeria, South Yemen, Libya and the PLO were appalled and terrified at Sadat breaking ranks p.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Review: 'Faith Misplaced' by Ussama Makdisi Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2011
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By the 1980s, though, power had shifted to Sanaa, even more so after North and South Yemen were unified in 1990.
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He worked with Mr. Saleh to defeat the Soviet-backed separatist state of South Yemen in the 1980s.
In New Face of the Opposition, Reflections of the Old Regime Margaret Coker 2011
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Syria, Algeria, South Yemen, Libya and the PLO were appalled and terrified at Sadat breaking ranks p.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Review: 'Faith Misplaced' by Ussama Makdisi Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2011
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North and South Yemen united under Saleh in 1990 but southerners often accuse the north of discrimination.
Yemen opposition figures quit National Council Reuters 2011
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