Definition of Emirate

1. Noun. The domain controlled by an emir.

Generic synonyms: Demesne, Domain, Land

2. Noun. The office of an emir.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot

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

eminentia maxillae
eminentia medialis
eminentia mediana
eminentia orbitalis ossis zygomatici
eminentia parietalis
eminentia pyramidalis
eminentia restiformis
eminentia scaphae
eminentia symphysis
eminentia teres
eminentia thena'ris
eminentia triangularis
eminently
emiocytosis
emir
emirate (current term)
emirates
emirs
emirship
emirships
emisary
emissaries
emissarium
emissarium condyloideum
emissarium mastoideum
emissarium occipitale
emissarium parietale
emissary
emissary sphenoidal foramen
emissary vein

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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