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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A sheikhdom of eastern Arabia on the Persian Gulf, part of the United Arab Emirates.

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Examples

  • AJMAN - At least 25 fishermen were rescued from their fishing vessel that caught fire in the Ajman port on Monday night.

    Khaleej Times : UAE News 2010

  • AJMAN - Ajman will soon have new roads in residential and industrial areas, including Al Hamedeya and Al Zahra, according to Engineer Mohamed Ahmed Al Awadi, Director of the Roads and Infrastructure Department

    WN.com - Articles related to Air India announces daily flight from Washington 2009

  • AJMAN - Ajman will soon have new roads in residential and industrial areas, including Al Hamedeya and Al Zahra, according to Engineer Mohamed Ahmed Al Awadi, Director of the Roads and Infrastructure Department

    WN.com - Articles related to The Nobel: A Great Honor, And Burden 2009

  • At the end of each day, Tinner still stopped by the bar at one of the hotels to unwind before the drive to Ajman.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • But his new boss and his patron, A. Q. Khan, were generous enough to provide him with money to soon move from a tiny apartment to a small house fifty yards from the Persian Gulf in Ajman, the tiniest of the seven city-states that make up the United Arab Emirates.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • While the nation has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the five northern emirates of Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah have a noticeably lower standard of living than Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

    UAE Presses Ahead With Elections 2011

  • While the nation has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the five northern emirates of Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah have a noticeably lower standard of living than Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

    UAE Presses Ahead With Elections 2011

  • At night he hung out in the bars that proliferate throughout Dubai, the biggest and showiest of the emirates and a short drive from his house in Ajman.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • Rather than selling property and land outright, as is the case in Dubai, Ajman, Um Al Qaiwain, and Ras Al Khaimah Sharjah and Fujairah are the two most strict emirates with regard to property sales, Abu Dhabi authorizes a 99-year lease for non-GCC citizens.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: How Urbanisation Is Changing Emirati Identity Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

  • At night he hung out in the bars that proliferate throughout Dubai, the biggest and showiest of the emirates and a short drive from his house in Ajman.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

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