United Arab Emirates
(缩略词： UAE)
- an independent state on the south coast of the Persian Gulf, west of the Gulf of Oman; population 4,798, 500 (est. 2009); official language, Arabic; capital, Abu Dhabi. The United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971 by the federation of the independent sheikhdoms formerly called the Trucial States: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah (joined early 1972), Sharjah, and Umm al Qaiwain.阿拉伯联合酋长国 （位于波斯湾南岸, 阿曼湾以西的一个独立国家; 2009年估计人口4,798, 500, 官方语言为阿拉伯语, 首都阿布扎比; 1971年由阿布扎比、阿治曼、迪拜、富查伊拉、哈伊马角［1972年初加入］、沙迦及乌姆盖万等七个独立酋长国组成）。