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

Dutch: Verdragsstaten, Verdragskust

References

WorldStatesmen UAE

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