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United Arab States

American  

noun

  1. a former (1958–61) federation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and Yemen.

United Arab States British  

plural noun

  1. a federation (1958–61) between the United Arab Republic and Yemen

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After Syria's breakaway last September, the three-year-old United Arab States consisted only of two members�Egypt and tiny, backward Yemen.

From Time Magazine Archive

To some pundits it appeared that Yemen's loose, 18-month-old "federation" with Nasser's United Arab States had at last begun to undermine the foundations of the Imam's medieval theocracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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