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emirate

  (ĕm'ə-rĭt, -rāt') pronunciation
n.
  1. The office of an emir.
  2. The nation or territory ruled by an emir.

 
 
WordNet: emirate
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the domain controlled by an emir

Meaning #2: the office of an emir


 
Wikipedia: emirate

Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah ; plural: إمارات, Imaraat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir (prince, governor etc.).

As monarchies

Generally speaking, an emirate designates a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab Monarch styled emir. 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.

An example of this use persists in the United Arab Emirates, a federal nation that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and PM.

As provinces

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.

List of independent Emirates

List of former and integrated emirates



 
Translations: Translations for: Emirate

Dansk (Danish)
n. - emirat

Nederlands (Dutch)
emiraat (domein van een emir)

Français (French)
n. - émirat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Emirat, (Herrschergebiet eines Emirs)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εμιράτο

Italiano (Italian)
emirato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poder (m) do emir, emirado (m)

Русский (Russian)
эмират

Español (Spanish)
n. - emirato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - emirat

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
酋长国

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酋長國

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 왕족의 관할권

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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