Aden

See also: aden, Adén, and aden-

English

Etymology 1

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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdən

Proper noun

Aden

2. A port city and largest city in Yemen. It was the capital of the former South Yemen.

Derived terms

• Adenese
• Adeni
• Gulf of Aden

 

Translations

seaport of Yemen

• Arabic: عَدَن m (ʕadan)
• Armenian: Ադեն (hy) (Aden)
• Bengali: অ্যাডেন (êḍen)
• Bulgarian: А́ден m (Áden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞丁 / 亚丁 (zh) (Yàdīng)

• Danish: Aden
• Dutch: Aden
• Esperanto: Adeno
• Finnish: Aden (fi)
• French: Aden (fr) m
• Galician: Adén
• German: Aden (de) n
• Greek: Άντεν (el) n (Ánten)
• Hebrew: עדן (he) (aden)
• Hindi: अदन (hi) m (adan)
• Indonesian: Aden
• Italian: Aden (it)
• Japanese: アデン (ja) (Aden)
• Kabyle: Ɛaden
• Korean: 아덴 (Aden)
• Latin: Arabia Fēlīx f, Attana f
• Marathi: आदेन n (āden)
• Persian: عدن (fa) ('adan)
• Polish: Aden (pl) m
• Portuguese: Adém
• Russian: А́ден (ru) m (Ádɛn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̑ден m

  Roman: Ȃden m

• Spanish: Adén (es) m
• Swedish: Aden (sv)
• Turkish: Aden (tr)
• Ukrainian: А́ден m (Áden)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Aden (plural Adens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aden is the 7110^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4705 individuals. Aden is most common among Black/African American (53.11%) and White (42.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

• Dane, Dean, Dena, Edna, Enda, Nead, ande, dean, eDNA, nade

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adɛn
• Syllabification: A‧den

Proper noun

Aden m inan

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

Declension

Declension of Aden

	singular
nominative	Aden
genitive	Adenu
dative	Adenowi
accusative	Aden
instrumental	Adenem
locative	Adenie
vocative	Adenie

Related terms

adjective

• adeński

 

Further reading

• Aden in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âːden/
• Hyphenation: A‧den

Proper noun

Ȃden m (Cyrillic spelling А̑ден, relational adjective ádenskī)

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

Declension

Declension of Aden

	singular
nominative	Aden
genitive	Adena
dative	Adenu
accusative	Aden
vocative	Adene
locative	Adenu
instrumental	Adenom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɟen]

Proper noun

Aden m inan (genitive singular Adenu)

1. Aden (a city in Yemen)

References

• “Aden”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024