emirate
[uh-meer-it, -eyt, ey-meer-, em-er-it]
- the office or rank of an emir.
- the state or territory under the jurisdiction of an emir.
- the Emirates. United Arab Emirates.
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Also emeerate (for defs 1, 2).
Origin of emirate
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Contemporary Examples
You have a line in the film where you joke to James, “I live in an emirate.”
Alec Baldwin Uncensored: On His HBO Doc, Bloomberg, Polanski, and The New York TimesMarlow Stern
October 22, 2013
The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria.
The group followed that strategy after the Afghan Taliban emirate was toppled in 2001.
It developed that he wants an Islamic emirate in Afghanistan, not democracy, which is "Western."
They believe they have this emirate in Gaza [and that] it will be expanded to some other countries.
Historical Examples
In 1313 the town was taken by Saru Khan and became the capital of the Turcoman emirate of that name.
Toward the close of the ninth century the emirate began to break under the strain of constant war.
A History of SpainCharles E. Chapman
emirate
- the rank or office of an emir
- the government, jurisdiction, or territory of an emir
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Word Origin and History for emirate
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