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Trucial States

Trucial States proper noun: former name of Trucial Oman: A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Also the plural of Trucial State.

Proper noun

the Trucial States

  1. (historical) Former name of Trucial Oman: A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
    Synonyms:
    Trucial Coast

Also used as

Trucial States is also the plural of Trucial State.

Trucial States meaning in Vietnamese

Trucial States in Vietnamese

Trucial Oman
Các quốc gia Trucial

Synonyms of Trucial States

Origin of Trucial States

From trucial (“notably the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853”) + states.

Questions about Trucial States

What does Trucial States mean?
Trucial States means former name of Trucial Oman: A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
What is Trucial States in Vietnamese?
Trucial States in Vietnamese is Các quốc gia Trucial. See Trucial States meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Trucial States?
Trucial States is a proper noun.

Words near Trucial States in the dictionary

  1. truchmen
  2. trucial
  3. Trucial Coast
  4. Trucial Oman
  5. Trucial State
  6. Trucial States
  7. trucidate
  8. trucidated
  9. trucidates
  10. trucidating
  11. trucidation

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