Trucial States

English

Etymology

From truce (notably the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce) + -ial + states (the plural of state).

Proper noun

Trucial States

(historical) Former name of Trucial Oman. A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Related terms

Trucial
Trucial Coast
Trucial Oman
Trucial State (n.)

Translations

Trucial Oman

Dutch: Verdragsstaten, Verdragskust
Spanish: Estados de la Tregua

Noun

Trucial States

plural of Trucial State

References

WorldStatesmen UAE

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