Trucial States
English
Etymology
From truce (notably the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce) + -ial + states (the plural of state).
Proper noun
Trucial States (uncountable)
- Former name of Trucial Oman. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf, which were Bitish protectorates since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty.
Translations
Trucial Oman
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References
- WorldStatesmen UAE