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Definition of Emirate
1. Noun. The domain controlled by an emir.
2. Noun. The office of an emir.
Definition of Emirate
1. Noun. A country ruled by an emir. ¹
2. Noun. The office of an emir. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emirate
1. the rank of an emir [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emirate
Literary usage of Emirate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"... emirate, afterwards caliphate, was established emirate. almost at the moment
of the Saracen loss of Septimania. Then came the Spanish March of Charles ..."
2. The World in the Middle Ages: An Historical Geography, with Accounts of the by Adolph Ludvig Køppen (1854)
"emirate or SICILY AND THE SMALLER ISLANDS. 259. ... who changed the whole splendid
island into an Arabian emirate ;a ° yet the inhabitants retained their ..."
3. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"The second clause of the article, however, gives each emirate the right 'to retain
their membership in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, ..."
4. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"CHAPTER VI THE emirate 713-755 Abd-al-Aziz—His Wise Administration—His Execution
ordered by the Khalif—Ayub-Ibn-Habib—His Reforms—Al-Horr —Al-Samh—His ..."
5. The Emir of Bokhara and His Country: Journeys and Studies in Bokhara (with a by Ole Olufsen (1911)
"... wide steppes and impassable mountains we shall now proceed. THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE emirate OF BOKHARA run in the main towards the east from ..."
6. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Government of Dubai emirate donated a parcel of land in Jebel Ali in 1998
for the construction of a facility to be shared by four Protestant ..."
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