United Arab Emirates
- proper noun
- /juˈnaɪtɪd ˈɑːrəb ɛˈmɪrɪts/
- Working with partners in Egypt, Jordan, or the United Arab Emirates would be preferable.
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Consider Dubai is a hub now for Russians where Western sanctions can't reach people in Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates.
- Consider Dubai is a hub now for Russians where Western sanctions can't reach people in Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates.
- Well, the top destination is the United Arab Emirates, which attracts large numbers of millionaires from India, the Middle East, Russia and Africa.
- When it comes to crypto, which should be obvious, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates does not have an extradition treaty.
- So this sent a signal to the United Arab Emirates.
- OK, I think the first country was a tour of UAE, United Arab Emirates and I went to Dubai, Oman, Muska Abhi Dhabi with them.
Examples
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In this respect, the emirate is no different from other GCC states, such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
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Well, the top destination is the United Arab Emirates, which attracts large numbers of millionaires from India, the Middle East, Russia and Africa.
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We thank the families in the United Arab Emirates who participated in the study.
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Next, in terms of reserves, come Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Traditionally, India imported more oil from Iraq, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Not much exists on the interrelationships between population and health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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The migrant worker population is an absolute majority in Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Just 40 years ago, Dubai and the six other United Arab Emirates (UAE) were a relative backwater.
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Salman al-Dusry, senior correspondent for Asharq al-Awsat in the United Arab Emirates, highlights the contradiction facing Persian Gulf countries.
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While I was in the United Arab Emirates recently, I had a chance to meet her.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is transparently compositional: 'united' (combined) + 'Arab' (pertaining to Arabs/the region) + 'emirates' (regions ruled by emirs) clearly yields a union/federation of Arab emirates, i.e., a country. The 'United + X' naming pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
United Arab Emirates gives a simple picture: it is a country of seven small emirates, areas ruled by an emir, that are United or 'joined' together. The word Arab shows the people and culture, so the name means a group of Arab places ruled by emirs.