United Arab States
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Those two cities are seats of power in what Ruff calls the United Arab States, a prosperous bastion of democracy.
From Seattle Times
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
In his medieval stronghold to the north, the Imam of Yemen was leagued with Arab nationalism's Hero Nasser in the United Arab States and spreading lavish gifts of money and rifles to persuade the Arabs of the Aden hinterland to join in driving the British "invaders" right off the peninsula.
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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