Aden-

Aden is a port city in Yemen. It may also refer to:

• Colony of Aden, a former British colony and a state of the Federation of South Arabia surrounding the port of Aden
• Aden Protectorate, a former British protectorate consisting of the hinterland of the port of Aden and the Hadhramaut region.
• Gulf of Aden, located in the Indian Ocean between Yemen on the south coast of Arabia and Somalia on the Horn of Africa
• Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first president of Somalia
• ADEN cannon, a British-made 30mm cannon used on military aircraft
• Adeno- or, before a vowel, aden-. In medical terminology, a prefix referring to a gland from the Greek word meaning originally "acorn." E.g., adenitis (inflammation of a gland), adenopathy ( or lymphadenopathy), adenoma (glandular growths)
• Aden (Lineage 2), a fictional kingdom and its capital in Lineage 2 MMORPG
• Aden (ship), a Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ship that sank after being wrecked on a reef near Socotra in 1897
• A male given name, an alternate form of Aidan, itself an Anglicized form of the Irish Aodhán or Aodhagan
• A Somali male given name, stemming from Adam
• A Hebrew/Jewish male given name, meaning 'adorned' and/or 'handsome'
• A surname of German origin
• The title of a folk song, "The Barren Rocks of Aden"
• Aden (band), an American indie-pop band

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