emirates

CEFRB2

/ˈɛmɪɹɪts/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Countries or territories ruled by an emir.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Emirates Stadium, a football stadium in London that is the home ground of Arsenal F.C.

Examples

  • Emirates has five daily flights from New York to Dubai.

  • The United Arab Emirates is called "Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah" in Arabic.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One of the two flag carrier airlines of the United Arab Emirates

More examples

In context

  • I was going to go to the United Arab Emirates.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The seven blank form a federation in the Middle East.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From emirates.