emirate

emirate
/euh mear"it, -ayt, ay mear"-, em"euhr it/, n.
1. the office or rank of an emir.
2. the state or territory under the jurisdiction of an emir.
3. the Emirates. See United Arab Emirates.
Also, emeerate (for defs. 1, 2).
[1860-65; EMIR + -ATE3]

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