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Definition of Amirates
1. amirate [n] - See also: amirate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amirates
Literary usage of Amirates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"United Arab amirates: Interim Report on the third season'. Proceedings of the
Seminar for Arabian Studies 22 (1992) pp 47-54. ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"On February n, 1959, "The Federation of Arab amirates of the South " (now known
as the •' Federation of South Arabia ") was inaugurated in ihc West Aden ..."
3. Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain by Human Rights Watch/Middle East (1997)
"... end its direct political role in the Persian Gulf region was accompanied by
efforts to forge a political federation of the small amirates it had ruled. ..."
4. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"An Archaeological Introduction in the United Arab amirates, Abu Dhab\. Abu Dhabi:
Union National Bank. Hellyer. P. 1998b. Filling in the Blanks. ..."