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emirates

Syllables: Em·ir·ates/ˈɛmɪɹɪts/

emirates is the plural of emirate.

Meaning of emirate

Noun

emirate (plural emirates)

  1. A country ruled by an emir.
  2. The office of an emir.
    Synonyms:
    emirship

Proper noun capitalized: Emirates

Emirates

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of United Arab Emirates.
  2. One of the two flag carrier airlines of the United Arab Emirates
  3. Emirates Stadium, a football stadium in London that is the home ground of Arsenal F.C.

Origin of emirates

From emirates.

Words formed from emirates

Phrases with emirates

Questions about emirates

What does emirates mean?
Emirates means one of the two flag carrier airlines of the United Arab Emirates.
What is emirates the plural of?
Emirates is the plural of emirate.
What part of speech is emirates?
Emirates is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce emirates?
Emirates is pronounced /ˈɛmɪɹɪts/.

Words near emirates in the dictionary

  1. emirate
  2. Emirate of Afghanistan
  3. Emirate of Bari
  4. Emirate of Ifriqiya
  5. Emirate of Sicily
  6. emirates
  7. Emirati
  8. Emiratiness
  9. Emiratis
  10. Emiratisation
  11. Emiratise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: emirates (page history and authors); Emirates (page history and authors); emirate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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