Yemeni

[ yem-uh-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, plural Yem·en·is (especially collectively) Yem·en·i.

ˈYemeni

/ ˈjɛmənɪ /

Origin of Yemeni¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Yemen ( def ) + -i suffix indicating relationship or origin

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

Over half of the remaining prisoners are Yemeni, and would presumably be shipped back there.

Faisal Elnaha, the Yemeni manager of an Alabama Texaco remembers a DEA agent demanding on the morning of May 7.

So was Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni firebrand who runs al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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

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