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Houthi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhuːθi/
  • rhymes with -uːθi

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حوثي — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: Husi — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡塞 (húsài) — Translations
  • French: Houthi — Translations
  • German: Huthi — Translations
  • Greek: Χούθι (Choúthi) — Translations
  • Hebrew: חות׳י (khúthi) — Translations
  • Italian: huthi — Translations
  • Japanese: フーシ — Translations
  • Russian: хуситы (xusity) — Translations
  • Spanish: hutí — Translations
  • Spanish: huzí — Translations
  • Spanish: hucí — Translations
  • Turkish: Husi — Translations
  • Ukrainian: хусити (xusyty) — Translations
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