Sanaa

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/sɑˈnɑː//səˈnɑː/

proper noun

The capital and largest city of Yemen.

OriginArabic صَنْعَاء →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative San'a' · alternative Ṣanʻāʼ · alternative Sana · alternative San'a · alternative Sana'a

  1. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
    1. metonymicallyThe Yemeni government.
  2. A governorate of Yemen, surrounding the capital.

Origin

  1. Arabicصَنْعَاء
  2. Arabicصَنْعَاء
  3. EnglishSanaa

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ).

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Translations

Arabic صَنْعَاء
  • صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ)capital of Yemen
Bengali সানা
  • সানা (śana)capital of Yemen
Bulgarian Са́на
  • Са́на (Sána)capital of Yemen
Catalan Sanà
  • Sanàcapital of Yemen
Chinese Cantonese 薩那 /萨那
  • 薩那 /萨那 (saat³ naa⁵)capital of Yemen
Chinese Mandarin 薩那 /萨那
  • 薩那 /萨那 (Sànà)capital of Yemen
Czech San'á
  • San'ácapital of Yemen
Danish Sanaá
  • Sanaácapital of Yemen
Dutch Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Estonian Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Finnish Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
French Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
German Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Greek Σαναά
  • Σαναά (Sanaá)capital of Yemen
Hebrew צַנְעָא
  • צַנְעָא (tsan'a)capital of Yemen
Hindi सना
  • सना (sanā)capital of Yemen
Hungarian Szanaa
  • Szanaacapital of Yemen
Icelandic Sana
  • Sanacapital of Yemen
Indonesian Sana'a
  • Sana'acapital of Yemen
Irish San'a
  • San'acapital of Yemen
Italian Sana'a
  • Sana'acapital of Yemen
Japanese サヌア, サナア
  • サヌア (Sanua)capital of Yemen
  • サナアcapital of Yemen
Korean 사나
  • 사나capital of Yemen
Latvian Sana
  • Sanacapital of Yemen
Lithuanian Sana
  • Sanacapital of Yemen
Malay Sana'a
  • Sana'acapital of Yemen
Norwegian Bokmål Sana, Sanaa
  • Sanacapital of Yemen
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Persian صنعا
  • صنعا (san'â)capital of Yemen
Polish Sana
  • Sanacapital of Yemen
Portuguese Sanaa, Saná
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
  • Sanácapital of Yemen
Romanian Sana’a
  • Sana’acapital of Yemen
Russian Са́на, Санаа́
  • Са́на (Sána)capital of Yemen
  • Санаа́ (Sanaá)capital of Yemen
Slovak Saná
  • Sanácapital of Yemen
Spanish Saná
  • Sanácapital of Yemen
Swedish Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Tagalog Sanaa
  • Sanaacapital of Yemen
Tamil சானாஅ, சானா
  • சானாஅ (cāṉā’a)capital of Yemen
  • சானா (cāṉā)capital of Yemen
Thai ซานา
  • ซานา (saa-nâa)capital of Yemen
Turkish San'a
  • San'acapital of Yemen
Ukrainian Са́на
  • Са́на (Sána)capital of Yemen
Urdu صنعا, صنعاء
  • صنعا (san'ā)capital of Yemen
  • صنعاء (san'ā')capital of Yemen
Vietnamese Xa-na
  • Xa-nacapital of Yemen
Yiddish סאַנאַ, סאַנאַ׳
  • סאַנאַ (sana)capital of Yemen
  • סאַנאַ׳ (sana')capital of Yemen

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Sanaa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanaa

MLA

“Sanaa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanaa. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sanaa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanaa.

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