Emiratin.adj.
/ˌɛmᵻˈrɑːti/, U.S. /ˌɛməˈrɑdi/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the United Arab Emirates.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Arabia or Saudi Arabia > [noun] > parts of
Qatabanian1805
Emirati1979
1979 Financial Times 25 June 16/2 Nearly a third of Emiratis receive direct financial benefits from the State.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Mar. viii. 10/1 A grandstand packed with Emiratis in their trademark white dishdasha robes howled and waved the green, white, black and red United Arab Emirates flag.
2013 Economist 23 Nov. 60/3 ‘The Arab spring has been great for us,’ says..a young Emirati from a notable merchant family who is launching a private think-tank.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the United Arab Emirates or its people.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > other Middle Eastern lands
Syrian1537
Assyrian1591
Transjordanian1684
Iraqi1777
Syriatic1786
Assyriac1801
Oman1819
Aramaean1834
Omani1865
Transjordanian1922
Lebanese1926
Jordanian1950
Qatari1954
Emirati1989
1989 M. N. El-Khorazaty Infant & Childhood Mortality W. Asia 34 In 1975, by the time Emirati women reached the age group 45–49, about one out of nearly four of their live born children had died.
2007 Business (Nexis) 15 Dec. In line with its long-term 2030 plan [for Abu Dhabi] the government is determined to create a city with three key elements at its core: social development, the environment and Emirati culture.
2016 T. Osman Islamism (2017) ii. 36 An Egyptian software company helped Saudi, Qatari and Emirati companies to Arabize international accounting and production-management software.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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