Houthi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.

Pronunciation

/ˈhuːθi/

Word forms

Houthi Houthis

Etymology

From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy). Named after Yemeni politician and rebel Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.

Derived words

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