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Trucial Coast

American  
[troo-shuhl] / ˈtru ʃəl /

noun

  1. United Arab Emirates


Etymology

Origin of Trucial Coast

trucial, equivalent to truce + -ial, referring to a maritime truce created in 1853 between Britain and certain Omani sheiks

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