emirate
酋长国,阿联酋,埃米尔,阿拉伯联合酋长国
Definitions
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- : the office or rank of an emir.
- : the state or territory under the jurisdiction of an emir.
- : the Emirates. United Arab Emirates.
Examples
We reported a split in the ‘Caucasus Emirate’ with some insurgents joining ISIS.
At least two of the victims were connected to the Caucasus Emirate, according to Turkish news reports.
You have a line in the film where you joke to James, “I live in an emirate.”
The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria.
The group followed that strategy after the Afghan Taliban emirate was toppled in 2001.
Their most southerly emirate is Adamawa, the country on both sides of the upper Benue.
In 1313 the town was taken by Saru Khan and became the capital of the Turcoman emirate of that name.
Toward the close of the ninth century the emirate began to break under the strain of constant war.
The offer was a notable one, a high emirate in the Egyptian service.