indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Settlement
Usage English, Armenian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Mongolian, Norwegian, Swedish, Tagalog
Scripts Սանաա(Armenian) Σαναά(Greek) Санаа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Meaning & History
From Arabic صنعاء (San'a) which was most likely derived from the Sabaic root ṣnʿ meaning "well-fortified". This is the name of the capital city of Yemen.