Source etymology 1
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen. · A governorate of Yemen
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”).
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