阿拉伯联合酋长国

ā lā bó lián hé qiú zhǎng guó

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

ā

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

to pull

father's elder brother

lián

(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join

variant of 合[he2]

qiú

tribal chief

zhǎng

chief

guó

country; nation; state