English
Etymology
Calque of Arabic الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /juˌnaɪ̯tɪd ˌaɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪ(t)s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /jʊˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˌɛɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪts/
- Hyphenation: U‧nit‧ed Ar‧ab Em‧ir‧ates
Proper noun
the United Arab Emirates
- A country in Western Asia in the Middle East. Capital: Abu Dhabi. Largest city: Dubai.
2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN[1]:The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said.
Synonyms
Meronyms
Translations
country in Western Asia
- Afrikaans: Verenigde Arabiese Emirate pl
- Albanian: Emiratet e Bashkuara Arabe pl
- Amharic: የተባበሩት የዓረብ ግዛቶች (yätäbabärut yäʿaräb gəzatoč)
- Arabic: الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (ar) f pl (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida), الْإِمَارَات (ar) f pl (al-ʔimārāt)
- Hijazi Arabic: الإمارات f (al-ʔimārāt)
- Armenian: Արաբական Միացյալ Էմիրություններ (hy) pl (Arabakan Miacʻyal Ēmirutʻyunner)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܵܬܹܐ ܥܵܪ̈ܵܒܵܝܵܬܹܐ ܡܚܲܝܕܵܬܹ̈ܐ f pl (amīrwātē ˁārābāyātē mḥaydātē), ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܵܬܹܐ f pl (amīrwātē)
- Asturian: Emiratos Árabes Xuníos (ast) m pl
- Azerbaijani: Birləşmiş Ərəb Əmirlikləri (az) pl
- Bashkir: Берләшкән Ғәрәп Әмирлектәре pl (Berləşkən Ğərəp Əmirlektəre)
- Basque: Arabiar Emirerri Batuak pl
- Belarusian: Аб'я́днаныя Ара́бскія Эміра́ты m pl (Abʺjádnanyja Arábskija Emiráty)
- Bengali: সংযুক্ত আরব আমিরাত (bn) (śoṅjukto arob amirat)
- Breton: Emirelezhioù Arab Unanet f pl
- Bulgarian: Обедине́ни Ара́бски Еми́рства (bg) n pl (Obedinéni Arábski Emírstva)
- Burmese: အာရပ်စော်ဘွားများပြည်ထောင်စု (arapcaubhwa:mya:pranyhtaungcu.)
- Catalan: Emirats Àrabs Units (ca) m pl
- Chechen: ӏаьрбийн Цхьанатоьхна Эмираташ (ˀärbiı̇n Cḥʳanatöxna Emirataš)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 / 阿拉伯联合酋长国 (aa3 laai1 baak3 lyun4 hap6 jau4 zoeng2 gwok3), 阿聯酋 / 阿联酋 (aa3 lyun4 jau4)
- Mandarin: 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 / 阿拉伯联合酋长国 (zh) (Ālābó liánhé qiúzhǎngguó), 阿聯酋 / 阿联酋 (zh) (Ā-lián-qiú)
- Cornish: Emireythow Unys Arabek
- Corsican: Emirati Àrabi Uniti m pl, Emirati Arabi Uniti m pl
- Czech: Spojené arabské emiráty (cs) m pl
- Danish: Forenede Arabiske Emirater pl
- Dhivehi: އެކުވެރި ޢަރަބި އިމާރާތު (ekuveri ʿarabi imārātu)
- Dutch: Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (nl) pl
- Esperanto: Unuiĝintaj Arabaj Emirlandoj (eo) pl
- Estonian: Araabia Ühendemiraadid (et) pl, Ühendemiraadid pl (colloquial), Emiraadid pl (colloquial)
- Finnish: Arabiemiraatit, Yhdistyneet arabiemiraatit, Arabiemiirikunnat (fi), Yhdistyneet arabiemiirikunnat (fi)
- French: Émirats arabes unis (fr) m pl
- Galician: Emiratos Árabes Unidos (gl) m pl
- Georgian: არაბეთის გაერთიანებული საემიროები (arabetis gaertianebuli saemiroebi), არაბთა გაერთიანებული საამიროები (ka) (arabta gaertianebuli saamiroebi)
- German: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate (de) pl
- Greek: Ηνωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα (el) n pl (Inoména Araviká Emiráta)
- Hebrew: אִחוּד הָאֶמִרֻיּוֹת הַעֲרָבִיּוֹת m ('ikhúd ha'emiruyót ha'araviyót), אֶמִירֻיּוֹת עַרְבִיּוֹת מְאֻחָדוֹת (emiryot arviyot me'uchadot)
- Hindi: संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (hi) pl (sãyukt arab amīrāt)
- Hungarian: Egyesült Arab Emírségek (hu)
- Icelandic: Sameinuðu arabísku furstadæmin (is)
- Indonesian: Uni Emirat Arab (id)
- Interlingua: Emiratos Arabe Unite
- Irish: Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha m
- Italian: Emirati Arabi Uniti (it) m pl
- Japanese: アラブ首長国連邦 (ja) (アラブしゅちょうこくれんぽう, Arabu shuchōkoku renpō)
- Kazakh: Біріккен Араб Әмірліктері (kk) pl (Bırıkken Arab Ämırlıkterı), БАӘ (kk) (BAÄ)
- Khmer: អេមីរ៉ាតអារ៉ាប់រួម (km) (ʼeemiiraat ʼaarap ruəm)
- Korean: 아랍에미리트 (ko) (Arabemiriteu), 아랍 에미리트 연방 (Arap emiriteu yeonbang), 아랍추장국 (ko) (Arapchujangguk) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Mîrnişînên Erebî yên Yekbûyî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: Бириккен Араб Эмирликтери (ky) pl (Birikken Arab Emirlikteri), БАЭ (BAE)
- Lao: ສະຫະລັດອາຫລັບເອມິເລດ (sa ha lat ʼā lap ʼē mi lēt)
- Latin: Emiratus Arabici Coniuncti m, Emiratus Arabici Uniti m
- Latvian: Apvienotie Arābu Emirāti m pl
- Lithuanian: Jungtiniai Arabų Emyratai (lt) pl
- Macedonian: Обединети Арапски Емира́ти m pl (Obedineti Arapski Emiráti)
- Malay: Emiriah Arab Bersatu (ms)
- Maltese: l-Emirati Għarab Maqgħuda pl
- Mingrelian: არაბეფიშ გოართოიანაფილი საამიროეფი (arabepiš goartoianapili saamiroepi)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Арабын Нэгдсэн Эмирт Улс (mn) (Arabyn Negdsen Emirt Uls)
- Navajo: Ásáí Bikéyah Yázhí Ałhidadiidzooígíí
- Norman: Émithaux Arabes Unnis m pl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: De forente arabiske emirater (no)
- Nynorsk: Dei sameinte arabiske emirata (nn)
- Occitan: Emirats Arabis Units m pl
- Pashto: عربي متحده امارات pl ('arabī mutahida imārāt)
- Persian: امارات (fa)
- Dari: اِمَارَاتِ مُتَّحِدَهٔ عَرَبِی pl (imārāt-i muttahida-yi arabī)
- Iranian Persian: اِماراتِ مُتَّحِدِهٔ عَرَبی pl (emârât-e mottahede-ye arabi)
- Polish: Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie (pl) m pl
- Portuguese: Emiratos Árabes Unidos (pt) m pl (Portugal), Emirados Árabes Unidos (pt) m pl (Brazil)
- Punjabi: ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਅਰਬ ਅਮੀਰਾਤ f pl (sãyukat arab amīrāt)
- Romanian: Emiratele Arabe Unite (ro) n pl
- Romansch: Emirats Arabs m pl
- Russian: Объединённые Ара́бские Эмира́ты m pl (Obʺjedinjónnyje Arábskije Emiráty), ОАЭ́ (ru) m pl (OAÉ), Эмира́ты (ru) m pl (Emiráty), Ара́бские Эмира́ты (ru) m pl (Arábskije Emiráty)
- Sardinian: Emirados Àrabos Unidos m pl
- Scots: Unitit Arab Emirates pl
- Scottish Gaelic: Iomaratan Arabach Aonaichte
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ујѐдӣњенӣ А̀рапскӣ Емира́ти m pl
- Roman: Ujèdīnjenī Àrapskī Emiráti (sh) m pl
- Shan: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ ဢႃႇရၢပ်ႈ (móeng hūum tǔm tsāo fâ̰a ʼàa rāap)
- Sicilian: Emirati Àrabbi Uniti m pl
- Sinhalese: එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්යය (eksat arābi emīr rājyaya)
- Slovak: Spojené arabské emiráty m pl
- Slovene: Združeni arabski emirati m pl
- Spanish: Emiratos Árabes Unidos (es) m pl
- Swahili: Falme za Kiarabu (sw), Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu
- Swedish: Förenade arabemiraten (sv) n pl
- Tagalog: Nagkakaisang Arabong Emirato
- Tajik: Аморати Муттаҳидаи Араб pl (Amorat-i Muttahida-yi Arab)
- Tamil: ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகம் (aikkiya arapu amīrakam)
- Tatar: Берләшкән Гарәп Әмирлекләре pl (Berläşkän Ğaräp Ämirlekläre)
- Thai: สหรัฐอาหรับเอมิเรตส์ (th) (sà-hà-rát-aa-ràp-ee-mí-rèet), เอมิเรตส์ (ee-mí-rèet)
- Tibetan: ཡི་ནེ་ཁྲེ་ཀྲི་ཨ་རབ་ཨེ་མེ་རེ་ཁྲི (yi ne khre kri a rab e me re khri)
- Turkish: Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri (tr) pl
- Turkmen: Birleşen Arap Emirlikleri pl
- Ukrainian: Об'є́днані Ара́бські Еміра́ти (uk) m pl (Obʺjédnani Arábsʹki Emiráty)
- Urdu: مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات pl (muttahida 'arab imārāt), امارات (imārāt)
- Uyghur: بىرلەشمە ئەرەب ئەمىرلىكلىرى pl (birleshme ereb emirlikliri)
- Uzbek: Birlashgan Arab Amirliklari (uz) pl
- Vietnamese: Các tiểu Vương quốc Ả rập Thống nhất, Các Tiểu Vương quốc A-rập Thống nhất
- Võro: Araabia Ütisemiraadiq
- Welsh: Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig m pl
- West Frisian: Feriene Arabyske Emiraten pl
- Yiddish: פֿאַראייניקטע אַראַבישע עמיראַטן pl (fareynikte arabishe emiratn)
- Yoruba: Ẹmirate ti Awọn Arabu, Àwọn Ẹ́mírétì Árábù Aṣọ̀kan
- Zhuang: Bouxdaeuzgoz Ahlazbwz Lienzhab, Ahlazbwz Lenzhoz Giuzcangjgoz
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See also
- Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
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.