Definition of amirate Amirate
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What does amirate mean?
Wiktionary 
- amirate (Noun)
Alternative spelling of emirate.
WordNet
NounPlural: emirates |
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| emirate - the office of an emir | ||
| emirate - the domain controlled by an emir |
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emirate
The quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir.
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An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by an emir, a dynastic Arab Monarch.
Emirate or amirate comes from, "Imaarah"; plural: إمارات, "Imaraat".
The United Arab Emirates is a federal state of seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven elect the federation's President and Prime Minister. Most emirates have either disappeared or become part of a larger modern state, some changed their rulers' title, e.g. to Malik (Arabic for King) or Sultan. Therefore true emirate-states have become rare.
In Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates.
Part of speech
🔤- emirate, noun, singular of emirates.
