United Arab Emirates
English
Etymology
Calque of Arabic الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juˌnaɪtɪd ˌæɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪts/
- Hyphenation: U‧nit‧ed Ar‧ab Em‧ir‧ates
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Proper noun
- A nation in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Capital: Abu Dhabi. Largest city: Dubai.
Synonyms
- Arab Emirates (informal)
- UAE
Translations
country in Western Asia
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See also
- Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Further reading
United Arab Emirates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “United Arab Emirates”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “United Arab Emirates”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “the United Arab Emirates”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- “United Arab Emirates”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “United Arab Emirates”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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