United Arab Emirates

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
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Proper noun

the United Arab Emirates

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Capital: Abu Dhabi. Largest city: Dubai.
Synonyms: Arab Emirates, Emirates (informal), Trucial Oman (historical), UAE (initialism)

Meronyms: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain
- 2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2025:
  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.
- 2026 March 9, Sam Sifton, “The War’s Effect on the Supermarket”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 March 2026:
  Five of them — Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — supply more than a third of the world’s urea, an important nitrogen fertilizer, and nearly a quarter of another one, ammonia.

Translations

country in West Asia

Abkhaz: Еиду Арабтәи Емиратқәа (Ejdu Arabtʷʼi Emiratʼkʷa)
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)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܵܬܹܐ ܥܵܪ̈ܵܒܵܝܵܬܹܐ ܡܚܲܝܕܵܬܹ̈ܐ f pl (amīrwātē ˁārābāyātē mḥaydātē), ܐܲܡܝܼܪ̈ܘܵܬܹܐ f pl (amīrwātē)
Armenian: Արաբական Միացյալ Էմիրություններ (hy) pl (Arabakan Miacʻyal Ēmirutʻyunner)
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
Frisian:
West Frisian: Feriene Arabyske Emiraten 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 (Birikken Arab Ämirlikteri), БАӘ (kk) (BAÄ)
Khmer: អេមីរ៉ាតអារ៉ាប់រួម (km) (ʼeemiiraat ʼaarap ruəm)
Korean: 아랍에미리트 (ko) (Arabemiriteu), 아랍 에미리트 연방 (Arap emiriteu yeonbang), 아랍추장국 (ko) (Arapchujangguk) (North Korea), 아랍에미리트 연합국 (arabemiriteu yeonhapguk)
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
Pannonian Rusyn: Зєдинєни Арабски Емирати m pl (Zjedinjeni Arabski Emirati)
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
Romansh: 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

Latin: 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 Ğäräp 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
Yiddish: פֿאַראייניקטע אַראַבישע עמיראַטן pl (fareynikte arabishe emiratn)
Yoruba: Ẹmirate ti Awọn Arabu, Àwọn Ẹ́mírétì Árábù Aṣọ̀kan
Zhuang: Bouxdaeuzgoz Ahlazbwz Lienzhab, Ahlazbwz Lenzhoz Giuzcangjgoz

United Arab Emirates

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