Aden

Aden

See also: aden, Adén, and aden-

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن‎ (ʿadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdən

Proper noun

Aden

1. Seaport and largest city of Yemen, which was the capital of the former South Yemen.

Derived terms

• Adenese
• Adeni
• Gulf of Aden

 

Translations

seaport of Yemen

Arabic: عَدَن‎ m (ʿadan) Armenian: Ադեն (hy) (Aden) Bengali: অ্যাডেন (êden) Chinese: Mandarin: 亞丁／亚丁 (zh) (Yàdīng) Danish: Aden Dutch: Aden Esperanto: Adeno Finnish: Aden (fi) French: Aden (fr) m Galician: Adén German: Aden (de) n Greek: Άντεν n (Ánten) Hebrew: עדן‎ (he) (aden) Hindi: अदन (hi) m (adan) Indonesian: Aden Italian: Aden (it) Japanese: アデン (Aden) Kabyle: Ɛaden Korean: 아덴 (Aden) Latin: Arabia Fēlīx f, Attana f Marathi: आदेन n (āden) Persian: عدن‎ (fa) (adan) Polish: Aden (pl) m Portuguese: Adem m Russian: А́ден (ru) m (Ádɛn) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: А̑ден m Roman: Ȃden m Spanish: Adén (es) m Swedish: Aden (sv) Turkish: Aden (tr) Ukrainian: А́ден m (Áden)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Aden (plural Adens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aden is the 7110^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4705 individuals. Aden is most common among Black/African American (53.11%) and White (42.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

References

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

Anagrams

• Dane, Dean, Dena, Edna, Enda, Nead, ande, dean, eDNA, nade

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن‎ (ʿadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɛn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -adɛn
• Syllabification: A‧den

Proper noun

Aden m inan

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

Related terms

adjective

• adeński

 

Declension

Declension of Aden

	singular
nominative	Aden
genitive	Adenu
dative	Adenowi
accusative	Aden
instrumental	Adenem
locative	Adenie
vocative	Adenie

Further reading

• Aden in PWN's encyclopedia

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ȃden m (Cyrillic spelling А̑ден)

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

Declension

Declension of Aden

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaden]

Proper noun

Aden m (genitive singular Adenu)

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

References

• Aden in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk