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Aden

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A·den  (ädn, dn)
1. A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen (now Yemen) since 1967.
2. A city of southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden. It has been one of the chief ports of southern Arabia since ancient times and became a major trading and refueling station after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Aden was the capital of Southern Yemen from 1967 until 1990. Population: 550,000.

Aden, Gulf of
An arm of the Arabian Sea lying between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in eastern Africa. It is connected with the Red Sea by the Bab el Mandeb.
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Noun1.Aden - 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
Republic of Yemen, Yemen - a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
Translations
Aden [ˈeɪdn] nAdén m
Aden [ˈeɪdən] n Gulf of Aden → Golfe m d'Aden
Aden [ˈeɪdən] n (Geog);
Gulf of Aden → Golf m von Aden
Aden [ˈeɪdən] n the Gulf of Aden → il golfo di Aden


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But I saw nothing, not even the Island of Perim, with which the British Government has fortified the position of Aden.
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.
 
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