Trucial States

短语

特鲁西尔酋长国（阿拉伯联合酋长国的旧称）

词形变化

the Trucial States

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of Trucial State

name
  1. 1.

    Former name of Trucial Oman: A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    历史

词源

From trucial (“notably the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853”) + states.

来源：wiktionary