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What is a Yemen?

posted 12 years ago by felipenor
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Are they referring to the country?

[–] Max-178 10 years ago

In Spanish there aren't logical rules for the article before a country's name. You can say Perú or El Perú, Argentina or La Argentina, but never La Bolivia or La Colombia. In the 19th century many said La Francia or La Italia, but not anymore.