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Yemenite

[ yem-uh-nahyt ]

/ ˈyɛm əˌnaɪt /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Yemen.

adjective

of or relating to Yemen or its people.

Also Yem·e·ni

[yem-uh-nee] /ˈyɛm ə ni/.

Origin of Yemenite

Yemen + -ite¹

Example sentences from the Web for yemeni

According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.

France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers |Nico Hines |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Over half of the remaining prisoners are Yemeni, and would presumably be shipped back there.

Bergdahl Deal Could Be First Step to Emptying Gitmo |Josh Rogin |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Faisal Elnaha, the Yemeni manager of an Alabama Texaco remembers a DEA agent demanding on the morning of May 7.

Is Synthetic Weed Feuling Yemen’s Terrorism? |Abby Haglage |May 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So was Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni firebrand who runs al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

How Al Qaeda Escaped Afghanistan and Lived to Fight Another Day |Yaniv Barzilai |March 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The administration would also have to figure out what do with the more than 80 Yemeni nationals at Guantanamo.

Long Odds for Obama’s New Guantanamo Deadline |Josh Rogin |January 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for yemeni

Yemeni

/ (ˈjɛmənɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to Yemen or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Yemen