Etymology

Aden

A·den
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Today it means: A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen. Full definition →

Arabic عَدَن ← Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 ← Sumerian 𒂔
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The story

  1. Sumerian · derived from𒂔“plain, open country”
  2. Akkadian · derived from𒂊𒁲𒉡“plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”
  3. Arabic · borrowed fromعَدَن
  4. English todayAden

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

Words from the same roots

Sumerian𒂔 all →

eden

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