- The office of an emir.
- The nation or territory ruled by an emir.
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em·ir·ate (ĕm'ə-rĭt, -rāt') ![]() |
| WordNet: emirate |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the domain controlled by an emir
Meaning #2:
the office of an emir
| Wikipedia: Emirate |
An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim Monarch styled emir.
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Etymologically emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah ; plural: إمارات, Imaraat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir (prince, governor etc.).
The United Arab Emirates is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and Prime Minister. As most emirates have either disappeared, been integrated in a larger modern state or changed their rulers' styles, e.g. to Malik (Arabic for King) or Sultan, such true emirate-states have become rare.
Furthermore, in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member (usually styled emir) of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates.
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| Translations: Emirate |
Nederlands (Dutch)
emiraat (domein van een emir)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Emirat, (Herrschergebiet eines Emirs)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - poder (m) do emir, emirado (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - emirato
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
酋长国
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酋長國
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 首長の地位, 首長国
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) إمارة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אמירות, תחום השלטון של אמיר מוסלמי
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