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For the Arabic airline, see Emirates.
Generally speaking, an emirate (Arabic imarah, plural imarat) is a place that is administered by an emir.
An emirate usually refers to a province that is administered by a certain prince (a region in Saudi Arabia that is administered by an emir is called an emirate), although in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class. An example of the latter use is seen in the United Arab Emirates, which is a country that is comprised of seven federal emirates administered by an emir.
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