The United Arab Emirates (UAE; Arabic: الإمارات العربية المتحدة alʾImārāt alʿArabīyah alMuttaḥidah), or simply the Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات alʾImārāt), is a country in Western is loed at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and shares borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia, while having maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar ...