Plural of emeerate; multiple territories or domains ruled by emirs.
Plural form of emeerate. The United Arab Emirates is the most famous modern example of multiple emirates united under one political structure, though the plural could theoretically apply to any collection of emir-ruled lands.
The United Arab Emirates is such a politically important modern entity that many English speakers now know this plural form, even though historically it was a very rare word in English before 20th-century Middle Eastern political reorganization.
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