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 === 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 UAE ==== Meronyms ==== Abu Dhabi Ajman Dubai Fujairah Ras al-Khaimah Sharjah Umm al-Quwain ==== Translations ==== === 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.