Definition of United Arab Emirates in English:
United Arab Emirates
An independent state on the south coast of the Persian Gulf, west of the Gulf of Oman; population 9,200,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Arabic; capital, Abu Dhabi. The United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971 by the federation of the independent sheikhdoms formerly called the Trucial States: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah (joined early 1972), Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain.
Definition of United Arab Emirates in US English:
United Arab Emirates
An independent state on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf, west of the Gulf of Oman; population 9,200,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Abu Dhabi; official language, Arabic.
The United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971 by the federation of the independent sheikhdoms formerly called the Trucial States: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah (joined early 1972), Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain