General Reference
- Common English country name: The United Arab Emirates
- Official English country name: The United Arab Emirates
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Emirati, Emirian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of the United Arab Emirates
- International rankings of the United Arab Emirates
- ISO country codes: AE, ARE, 784
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AE
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ae
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