Is the UAE a country or a group of countries?

It's a country that consists of a group of Emirates.

The word Emirates is plural for Emirate; which means a State in Arabic. So, basically it is like the United States where the states united and formed a country. The Emirates are 7: Abu Dhabi (Capital), Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah.

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Tue UAE (United Arab Emirates) is a country that consists of 7 emirates that were combined in 1971. Here's a site with all of the info you could ever want on the UAE.

http://www.emirates.org/

The United Arab Emirates (UAE丕賱廿賲丕乇丕鬲 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞) is a constitutional federation of seven emirates (states) ; Abu Dhabi 兀亘賵囟亘賷, Dubai丿亘賷, Sharjah丕賱卮丕乇賯丞, Ajman毓噩賲丕賳, Umm al-Qaiwain兀賲 丕賱賯賷乇賵丕賳, Ras al-Khaimah 乇丕爻 丕賱禺賷賲丞and Fujairah丕賱賮噩賷乇丞. The federation was formally established on 2 December 1971.

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The United Arab Emirates is a country consisting of seven states (seven emirates). Instead of using the name state, they call it emirate.

The seven states (emirates) are: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.

United Arab Emirates. Consist of 7 Shiekhdoms or Emarat. These Shiekhdoms are ruled by 7 different families which joined in 2nd December 1971 calling it (Mutahida Arab Emirat) and Abu Dhabi is the capital of all these Shiekhdoms.

it is a country that consists of 7 emirates .

The UAE stands for United Arab Emirates

and its a country which consist of 7 emirates = in other words: 7 states ..

and just like UK for example: divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
and USA is like 50 states ..

the UAE is 7 small emirates .. (states)

Abu Dhabi - the capital and biggest of all 7
Dubai - the economical capital
Sharjah
Ajman
Um Al Quwain
Ras Al Khaimah
Fujairah